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Breath of God
I was called to the university medical center to give the sacrament of the anointing of the sick to a gentleman who joins our community from time to time. Apparently he had suffered a major heart attack and drove himself to the hospital. He took the time to park the car and finding only a handicap space available he parked there. He was kind enough to leave a note on the dashboard should anyone ask. This was my introduction to the man. So I anointed him with sacred oil and prayed with him and his son. The next day he was scheduled for surgery and I kept him in my prayers. Apparently while he was under surgery for a triple bypass, his heart stopped for four minutes. The doctors didn’t know what kind of impact that would have on their patient. They didn’t know what to make of the fact that his heart started itself again. Needless to say I am writing this story because of its miraculous healing. He came out of the surgery well and was recuperating. When I next saw him he was able to talk and laugh and tell stories. The Doctors were concerned about his lungs now. He needed to blow into some contraption which would exercise his lungs. I told him how in Hebrew the word for spirit “Ruah” and the word for breath were one in the same. I reminded him of the importance of Jesus, after his resurrection from the dead, breathed upon his disciples to give them new life. I told him to remember that as he exercises or breaths in he is taking in God in one sense. I ended my visit with some magic saying how God created the world and from the world God created man out of dust but it wasn’t until God breathed life into man that he became alive. I made a fist and asked him to take a deep breath. He did. I asked him to blow into my fist. and magically his breath was crystallized into a small clear sphere. He was amazed at what just happened. I ended my visit telling him that as he looked at this "breath" to remember that he has God’s breath with him always. This simple marble became a treasure that continued to motivate him in his breathing exercises. Such is the breath of God.