Its your breath in our lungs tattoo

Words Are Golden on Instagram: “Thank you Jesus for giving us air to breathe and lungs that function. Thank you for giving us the very breath we breath that turns into…”

Sitting in the cafe @thecrossinglv soaking up the worship set for the second time today. I was so moved by worship today and just find so much peace sitting and journaling as I get to hear our congregation pouring out their hearts to our loving Father. All the earth will shout your praise, our hearts will cry, these bones will sing. Great are you, Lord!

There was a moment when Moses had the nerve to ask God what his name is. God was gracious enough to answer, and the name he gave is recorded in the original Hebrew as YHWH. Over time we’ve arbitrarily added an “a” and an “e” in there to get YaHWeH, presumably because we have a preference for vowels. But scholars and Rabi’s have noted that the letters YHWH represent breathing sounds, or aspirated consonants. When pronounced without intervening vowels, it actually sounds like breathing. YH…