Letter from the Editor’s Desk: The Air We Breathe—Faith, Hope, and Everyday Mental Health (KJV)

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Beloved friends, today’s note is about the air we breathe—not oxygen, but words, attitudes, and the spirit we let loose in the world. As believers in Jesus Christ, we must not take offense or give offense. Paul said,  “Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.”  –Romans 14:13, KJV.

James reminds us that with the same tongue we bless God and curse people made in His image—James 3:9–10, KJV.“ ⁸But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. ¹⁰Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. ”   I have two testimones to these facts. One an experience and the other a dream.  Let’s talk about it. 

 

A Lighthearted Lesson on Not Taking Offense

It was such a nice day, as a senior you appreciate these things.  I went to the post office.  As I walked through a two-way door. On the other side, boxes were clanking and a man was struggling with them. My side was wide open. I stepped in, smiled at a young woman behind the large door standing on boxes. 

I opened my mouth to say “thank you.” Before the words could land, she zipped past. looking straight ahead and mumbled a not-so-Sunday-school comment about me being “ungrateful.”

For a second, I could not believe the words coming out of her mouth. I had never seen this young woman before a day in my life.  She was running away while she was mumbling. Instead of firing back, I sent up a quick prayer: “Lord, teach her to show kindness without strings attached. And if she’s going to bless and then curse, maybe… don’t let her be on door duty today.”

I’m a senior—sometimes my “thank you” ofr any response may need an extra beat to warm up. I really do say it! Either way, I decided her storm wasn’t moving into my day. I left that lightning right at the doorway and kept walking in peace. No free rent in my head for offenses. 

When  I was younger, I would have taken a serious offense but as you get older you realize it is just a distraction, sometimes a tool of Satan, nasty people, and sometimes just life. You also train others how to engage with you, if you are just going to be friends, co-workers or acquaintances. 

Most importantly, you don’t allow angry interruptions to put you in a bad mood because then you turn into that nasty personality.  

A so called ex-witch on YouTube in an interview said, she would bait people into an arguement so she could curse them.  Don’t give foothold to the devil. 

Here’s the takeaway: we can’t control someone else’s tone, but we can control our spirit. Smile, breathe, pray, and keep your joy. That’s the Jesus way.

“Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.” (James 1:19, KJV). Now I am going to share a dream with you that will take this to the next level. 

 

The Air We Breathe — A Strange Dream

If we do not watch ourselves, we will be carried away by what fills the air—anger, sharp words, and offense. That is what I mean, and this is the dream that showed me.

About eight years ago, I was in a great city, downtown. Tall buildings. Bright lights more like New York City. I walked past a narrow alley and saw people in a tight circle, whispering. I did not know it was a gang meeting. They looked up and their faces hardened. Someone hissed, “She heard. Get her.” I didn’t hear what they said, but they thought I did.

Fear ran first, and I ran after it.

I dashed into a building with two rooms, side by side, like two different times. On the right was a church. People sat quiet, heads bowed, hands folded. On the left was a huge auditorium. Laughter rolled like waves. A speaker stood on stage under hot lights.

I slipped into the crowd because I could hide better. Then I waited. My heart thumped like a drum. When the program neared its end, I eased to a side door and peeked out. The street looked clear. I thought I was safe.

I opened the door and stepped outside.

As far as my eyes could see, people filled the streets—tens of thousands, all nations, all colors. They were smiling, joking, moving like a happy river. Then I saw it: a thin, clear sheet in the sky, like a glass blanket. It rolled smooth and quiet forward from far away, as high as over a tall tree.

When that clear wave passed over the crowd, joy snapped like a twig. Smiles broke. People started shouting, kicking, swinging fists, screaming like they had lost their minds. Peace was gone in a breath.

I woke up shaking.

Later, in my morning devotion, I opened my Bible and read that Satan is the Prince of the Air: “According to the prince of the power of the air” (Ephesians 2:2, KJV)  “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now work in the children of disobedience:”

Then I understood. Words, moods, and spirits ride the air. If we breathe in rage, we breathe out harm. But if we breathe in Christ, we breathe out love. 

So guard your mouth. Guard your heart. Guard your spirit.  Fill the air around you with prayer, patience, and the peace of Jesus.

Offense knocks, but we don’t have to let it in. When words sting, breathe, pray, and keep your joy—bless instead of curse, and let the peace of Jesus set the temperature of your day.

🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️When someone’s tone is sharp, what simple prayer or pause can you use to stay “swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” (James 1:19, KJV)?

 

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