Friday, 25 July 2008

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  Catch-Your-Breath!!!

  A moment that takes your breath away. I'm sure most of us have experienced a moment like that at some time. A moment where we are completely speechless! For most of us, these moments are usually associated with beauty, wonder and/or good times. However, these moments can also come in other forms. They can be a moment that turns your world upside down; moments when you have to sit down because your feet just won't hold you upright; moments that have you sitting in complete silence as your mind tries to absorb what is being (or was) said; moments when you don't know what to do with yourself! It feels like your breath was knocked out of your lungs...and no matter how long you sit there...nothing changes! "Awful-catch-your-breath-moments".

  How can life be going along so wonderfully -- so smoothly -- one moment, and then come crashing down around us in mere seconds??? I've experienced this a few times. It never gets any easier to go through -- for no matter how often you experience on of those "awful-catch-your-breath moments", you never know what to expect. Each one is different, yet each one is the same.

  The last such moment for me happened a year or so ago. It was a cousin of mine who lives in Ontario. His life seemed to be totaly perfect. He had a great job, was literally "seeing the world" as he travels quite extensively -- it seemed like he was living his dream! Then in one second everything changed! He collapsed -- had a heart attack or something! Honestly, he landed up in the hospital with so many different health issues...that suddenly seemed to be appearing out of nowhere...not even the doctors fully realized the truth about his situation for months!!!

  In that moment -- when we first heard the news -- I realized just how unstable and unsure our life really is. We have absolutely NO control over what is going on; over what is happening. Oh, I know -- we often tend to forget that little fact...and think that our life is all about us...and that we can actually control the universe (or some parts of it). But then we get a "moment" and we are set back in our place! Those "awful-catch-your-breath moments" prove to us once again that we are NOT in control! When that realization finally comes...we once again go back and see that God alone is in control.

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