A DEEP BREATH WITHIN A HEARTBEAT!
A tiny determined seed didn’t doubt for a second; it was
possible to race against the other half a billion and win!
God is the referee and sole spectator in this once-off showdown!
Only one or multiple photo-finish winners of this epic race show face in the
world!
What happens to all the losers? In this epic race there
are no second place prizes. The winner takes it all! All others perish and will
never be seen again for eternities!
Wait a minute! There’s no way for this race to start
without a whistle! Hey boy, yes you! Come over here I need to use your whistle
to get this race to life started!
Of course the man didn’t understand God’s language. But
anyway, nature kicked in and the whistle went off one dark evening. It was do
or die!
The tiny seed ran faster than half a billion others and got
to frolic with the precious and priceless egg. The man was my father and so I
was born nine months later after winning the epic race!
Me... this boy! Was prepared by God to win every challenge
in life! I am still standing after all these years since I won the epic race to
life.
A deep breath within a heartbeat is all it takes to see
another sunrise! I believe God measures our day in the number of sunsets.
A deep breath within a heartbeat is all it took for me
to be born into this world. My mother had to breathe in and push hard for me to
see the light!
Luckily, when I landed on these earthly shores my three big
brothers, were all ready to receive and show me around
I still remember so vividly my first day at school,
how I played so hard and enjoyed myself!
It was all bliss for me in the first week I got to hang
around my two brothers all the time.
These two guys were my heartbeat as I felt completely
surrounded and protected.
Sadly, on the second week everything changed! We were separated
and for the very first time, I tasted lonesomeness.
For the first time in my fragile life. I had to stand
alone in a crowd.
Survival just like I was as a blind baby kicked in, I relied
on instinct. It was Me against the world. This world ain’t got no time for me
to recover!
A deep breath within a heartbeat! Like a gazelle’s
newly born baby. I hit the ground running! Stick close to mom or be food to
predators!
Sometimes my thoughts of yesteryear wake me up in the
middle of the night!
I sit
up and begin to navigate all the mountains I have climbed.
I can see all the rivers crossed and remember just like
yesterday how I survived all the storms of life!
The number of stars above testify to all the times
I’ve fallen down and stood up again!
A deep breath within a heartbeat! Seeing is no believing...
Feel your heartbeat!
Animals, plants, trees and all the marine life depend
on it too!
It takes one big breath for a man to be born in this world!
We breathe in and out to survive daily as God planned
it...
And finally, deeply exhale within our last heartbeat to exit
this world!
When my hour finally catches up with me... peacefully,
I smile, pull down my blinds and yield my world back to God!
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