Psalm 55:16-17 I call to God; GOD will help me. At dusk, dawn, and noon I sigh deep sighs—he hears, he rescues. My life is well and whole, secure in the middle of danger. (MSG)

When I take deep sighs, all through the day, it usually means that I can’t catch my breath because I am overwhelmed by something.  That something is pressing on me so hard, that I can’t breathe in a normal pattern.  Nonetheless, God is there to rescue me.  Not only does he hear me when I cry to Him for help, but He has already heard my sighs.  While I’m taking these deep-just-trying-to-breathe-to-stay-alive sighs, my life is already complete, I just may not realize that.  This scripture doesn’t say that my life WILL be well someday, but that it IS now, even in the middle of the trouble.  When all I can do is breathe, God is there with me, rescuing me and reminding me that my life is whole and safe. 

This is such evidence that God is who He says He is.  Our circumstances don’t change Him.  Even in the middle of trouble, we are still well, because HE is.

Lord, you know that sometimes all I can manage, is just to breathe.  Thank you for rescuing me in those moments, on those days, during those weeks.  Thank you for hearing my cries to You, and for listening to me trying to catch my breath.  Thank you for allowing me those moments, and for not leaving me to figure them out on my own.  Thank you for not even telling me what to feel, how to think, but for just being there reminding me that I’m OK, and that my life is safe and awesome.