27° F, light freezing rain, and a slight breeze before dawn. I did not want to do my Wim Hof Breathing this morning, but I did. At the end of my second round I felt warmth settle into my muscles and skin.
Each time the wind brought a shiver to my body, I thanked God for my pumping heart and the warm blood coursing to every part of my body. Calm and warmth came back to me. I thanked God for the wind and the freezing rain and the strange sounds of the dark, frozen suburbs.
“Take comfort,” was the phrase I received. It wasn’t consolation, it was command. It was instruction and guidance telling me that in difficult situations I could find my comfort and take it in. God always provides comforts, but we don’t always see them. The cold is a perfect example, especially right out of a warm bed. My body produces enough warmth to sustain and thrive in the cold with little clothing (t-shirt and underwear today). That is a comforting fact of biology that could be ignored, allowing the body to panic and tighten.
The same is with God’s Love. It is always their to comfort us in the darkest times, but we choose not to feel it. We choose our fear and pain over Love.
Today I will Take Comfort.
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