Ps150: "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!"
The Beauty of Airplants!
There are more than 650 types of air plants (Tillandsia spp.) that can grow and thrive -- without soil. After more than a year hanging at our balcony barren - FINALLY - this particular one bloomed radiantly! Wow!
It started with red tips on the leaves..and lo and behold about 7 days later - pretty red little flowers just appeared. So cute.
Fundamental Need : Air!!! Life!
Perhaps like Gen 2:7 where the LORD BREATHED into the nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living thing. So does this airplant that survived mainly on air !
Likewise in Eze 37:5 the Sovereign LORD made the BREATH enter the dry bones and woosh! They came to life!
Finally in John 20:21 After His resurrection when He appeared to His disciples. What did Jesus do? After He said " As the Father has sent me, I am sending you" V22 He BREATHED on them and said "Receive the Holy Spirit"
How long can one hold his breath on average?
Having equated air with life, now we can understand why most of us on average can only hold our breath for 20-30 secs at most . And if relaxed manner holding the breath underwater - perhaps 2 min. But In 2012, German freediver Tom Sietas held his breath underwater for 22 minutes and 22 seconds, besting Dane Stig Severinsen’s previous Guinness record by 22 seconds.
The day we breathe our last gasp of air is the day we expire.
So what do we do with our breath on earth?
Guess by now we understand what Paul wrote in Acts 17:24-25
"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all man LIFE & BREATH and everything else"
V28 For in him we live and move and have our being.
Do not take our breath for granted.
The air we now breath is free. Thank God we need not pay any air tax. Pretty great air we have in little red dot though once in a while contaminated with the haze from our neighbour!
But this new born spirit eternal life to those who received Him as the Son of God , crucified on the cross for us , cost Jesus His life. Not so free after all .
And as said, what does our Lord Jesus Christ really need from us? He owns every part of this earth and every part of our being. He designates the time we expire.
THE FINALE PSALM 150 sums it all up. If you do have breath right now and reading this little blog on airplants....
PRAISE THE LORD! Anywhere. Anytime. With musical instruments if you can play. Dance.
LET EVERYTHING THAT HAS BREATH PRAISE THE LORD. PRAISE THE LORD.
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