Breathing for the First Time
After I said those words, I decided that I was not going to get up until something happened, and I stayed true to those words.
Moments later, what seemed like the chilly breeze that only blows underneath the trees in the village at 5:00pm rushed into my room. I was sweating while reading the book; but, now, it was like an air conditioner was turned on in my room, and I could not understand it. I thought power had been restored so I checked, but there was no electricity; I began to consider the possibility of it being breeze from outside that came in through my bathroom window, but there was nothing like that.
I checked my front door, but the air was as still as ever and as hot as it was earlier that night. I went back to my position and I continued to wait. Suddenly, I raised my head and felt a heavy load lift from my chest followed by a gust of air rush into me. The feeling was like one who was in an airtight room and finally came outside where there was fresh air.
I took a deep breath and it seemed like all the air that I had been breathing all my life was nothing compared to this breath – I felt like one who was back from the dead; I felt like one who had been long suffocated but could now breathe.
You never know how heavy the load you are carrying is until you finally put it down; and, this was my reality that night.
I felt a joy I had never known come from within me; it felt like true joy. I was speechless for minutes and could not believe that that was how Jesus worked. I kept asking, “So, this is how this Jesus thing works?”
I had thought that the feeling would fade so I decided to test it – “I will go to bed and if I am still as happy in the morning as I am this night, then I will know that Jesus is real.”
To Be Continued…
Miraculous Monday: 7th April 2025
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