Breathe

Breathing is involuntary. You don’t have to think about it. Nobody has to tell you to do it. Your body just naturally does it.

A few weeks ago, however, I visited a member of my church who had been intubated, i.e., he had a tube placed down his throat to help him breathe. After consulting with the doctors, the family made the difficult decision to remove the tube. Before being intubated, the man had been breathing on his own, but with much difficulty. No one knew if he would be able to breathe again on his own once the tube was removed.

When the tube came out, a few seconds passed without the man taking a breath. Suddenly, one of his sons blurted out, “Dad, breathe!” The man gasped and began to breathe.