Breathe

 

Breathe in the courage, conviction, curiosity, and creativity of Shiphrah, Puah, Jochebed, Miriam, and Pharaoh’s daughter…breathe out the color commentary in your mind that suggest or say you can’t make a difference.  

 

Breathe in the fiercely faithful actions of Shiphrah and Puah…and breathe out a commitment today to do one thing to help someone you encounter.

 

Breathe in the courage of Jochebed to make the basket for Moses…and breathe out the need to control the outcomes or to cling tightly to doing it only our way.

 

Breathe in the words of Miriam who convinced Pharaoh’s daughter to adopt Moses…breathe out the sense that words don’t matter.  Trust that words create worlds as Rabbi Abraham Heschel said.

 

Breathe in the conviction of Pharaoh’s daughter to raise Moses right under Pharaoh’s nose… breathe out a prayer that we might act in ways that cooperate with God’s liberating love and building God’s realm.

 

Breathe and be in these Exodus days knowing, trusting, and living the promise that God isn’t finished yet.  Amen.