Hungry

Do you believe, like I do, that everything God makes has His signature on it? Do you believe that by studying, or getting to know His creatures, His universe, and all those things that we get to know Him better? I remember the email a friend sent me once that talked about the "cross in our bodies". The white blood cells (infection control) that are shaped like a cross.

Well, as I´ve been studying to boost my dysphagia CV, I´ve gone over the respiratory system in a fair amount of detail. Basic life function, right? The study I was reviewing talked about the difference between normal respiratory function and the use of a ventilator. It described our normal system design as being based on differences in pressure between outside air and lungs --- that is to say, there is lower pressure in the lungs (an empty space, as it were), which sets up a flow that goes from higher to lower pressure. The "emptiness" inside, pulls the air in from the outside and inflates the lungs. Necessary for life. (For those who have an even better understanding of this system,, please forgive if I´ve over-simplified; and please correct if I´ve mis-interpreted.)

The contrast, in the man-made system (mechanical ventilation), is that it pushes the air into the lungs, and forces the lungs open and then sucks the air out according to the machine´s timing and strength.

It´s Biblical, isn´t it? An emptiness inside that actually pulls life-sustaining breath into us from above. Strength in weakness. A higher thinking that uses inequalities to create flow, instead of "forcing air in."

As I continue to wait on God´s timing, and feel that emptiness inside that comes from having breathed it all out, I guess I can choose to be "ventilator-dependent" or let Him fill my lungs. I guess, in that sense, it´s really good to be hungry. To not have everything I need at hand, right when I think I need it. To have to ask, to have to wait, to have to wonder -- and trust. To empty out and fill back up, according to God´s timing and design. Necessary for life.

Now, what do you think about when you sing "This is the air I breathe"?!!

Gonna run get some lunch now -- I´m hungry!!!
Wishing you all of God´s best, always.
M