{"id":28852,"date":"2015-11-29T00:15:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T05:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=28852"},"modified":"2015-11-28T22:25:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T03:25:18","slug":"breathe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/29\/breathe\/","title":{"rendered":"Breathe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Alarm clock screaming bare feet hit the floor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s off to the races everybody out the door<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m feeling like I&#8217;m falling behind, it&#8217;s a crazy life<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Ninety miles an hour going fast as I can<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Trying to push a little harder trying to get the upper hand<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So much to do in so little time, it&#8217;s a crazy life<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s ready, set, go it&#8217;s another wild day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When the stress is on the rise in my heart I feel You say just<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Breathe, just breathe<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Come and rest at My feet<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> And be, just be<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Chaos calls but all you really need<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Is to just breathe<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Third cup of joe just to get me through the day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Wanna make the most of time but I feel it slip away<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I wonder if there&#8217;s something more to this crazy life<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m busy, busy, busy, and it&#8217;s no surprise to see<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That I only have time for me, me, me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There&#8217;s gotta be something more to this crazy life<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m hanging on tight to another wild day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When it starts to fall apart in my heart I hear You say just<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Is to take it in fill your lungs<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The peace of God that overcomes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Just breathe<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let your weary spirit rest<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Lay down what&#8217;s good and find what&#8217;s best<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Just breathe<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hnjeMwxFuBA?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jonny Diaz<\/em><br \/>\nwritten along with Jonathan Smith and Tony Wood<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I heard once that the only way to slow down time is to be all there, in every moment&#8230;and to stop hurrying from one thing to the next. \u00a0The busy season of Christmas is upon us and, if you truly want a memorable one, then it might be time to take this one slow. \u00a0Take in every memory and instead of iPhone pics, try a real camera and unplug from technology.<\/p>\n<p>Every morning, before you make the first move, sit at His feet and empty yourself from yesterday and all of it&#8217;s worries. \u00a0This day will have enough of it&#8217;s own and, with God, nothing is worrisome. \u00a0Just worship instead. \u00a0As His children, we are called to live differently. \u00a0If chaos is the norm, then we should choose another way. \u00a0Our children will not remember the things we didn&#8217;t choose to take them to. They will remember when we slowed down and spent time with them.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, how I wish I could go back and make one more glitter picture with my oldest&#8230;or one more sock beanbag with my second&#8230;or one more sword game in the back yard with the third&#8230;or one more American Girl sleepover with the fourth. \u00a0Cherish it&#8230;savor it all&#8230;and when the enemy tries to steal your joy by pushing you from one frenzy to the next, claim God&#8217;s peace! \u00a0Remember His words:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cast your burden on the LORD, and He will sustain you;<br \/>\nHe will never allow the righteous to be shaken.<br \/>\nPsalm 55:22<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Casting all your care on Him, because He cares about you.<br \/>\n1 Peter 5:7<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; color: #800080;\">Rest in Him&#8230;He is strong enough to take it all.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Let us pray<\/em><\/span>: Dear Father, we thank You so much for this awesome time of thanksgiving. \u00a0Spending time with family and friends and praising Your Name for all of this. \u00a0Lord, sometimes this world is too much. \u00a0The enemy comes to take our joy away but when we are Yours, he cannot. \u00a0We claim Your peace today and we lay all of our cares at Your feet. \u00a0When chaos comes crashing in, help us to come quick and release it all to You. \u00a0We love You! \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alarm clock screaming bare feet hit the floor It&#8217;s off to the races everybody out the door I&#8217;m feeling like I&#8217;m falling behind, it&#8217;s a crazy life Ninety miles an hour going fast as I can Trying to push a little harder trying to get the upper hand So much to do in so little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[5366,1176,425,9722,589,3582,4932,6411],"class_list":["post-28852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-breathe","tag-1-peter-57","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-jonny-diaz","tag-kim-spring","tag-psalm-5522","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-rest-in-him","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s39pHp-breathe","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28852"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28872,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28852\/revisions\/28872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}