“Breathing Is A Gift from God”

Father God, let this message touch someones heart today and let them know You will never leave them nor forsake them I thank You, praise You and give You the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and its offspring. Who gives breath to the people on it? And spirit to those who walk in it. Isaiah 42:5

I used to see people who had a tube in their neck when I was growing up. Never knew I would end up with one. When I did. I wished I could really breathe again. I looked forward every day to breathing right again. Praying to God and talking with him every day. He was the only one who understood me. Whereas I couldn’t talk. Now I can talk, and it has been many years living with this hole in my throat. I can’t breathe through my nose or mouth. I practice I hold my finger over the trach tube just to see if I can breathe through my mouth or nose. I look forward to the day I can. I prayed to God to let me talk again. I have been off oxygen 6 years today. I can talk. I have prayed to sing beautiful again. But I still hear my good voice. But I can sing. So, God has been with me every step of the way. He has answered my every prayer. God guide and gives wisdom to surgeons to save lives. I am a proud patient that is proud of all the surgeons with His light He has sent my way. God bless God for giving me His breath as a gift, His unconditional love as a gift and His grace I never deserved. In my case I need a new windpipe, which the procedure can be done. Here is a little history on Tracheotomy: “In Ancient Egypt Tracheotomy was first potentially depicted on Egyptian artifacts in 3600 BC. Hippocrates condemned the practice of tracheotomy as incurring an unacceptable risk of damage to the carotid artery. Warning against the possibility of death from inadvertent laceration of the carotid artery during tracheotomy, he instead advocated the practice of tracheal intubation. Despite the concerns of Hippocrates, it is believed that an early tracheotomy was performed by Asclepiades of Bithynia, who lived in Rome around 100 BC. Galen and Aretaeus, both of whom lived in Rome in the 2nd century AD, credit Asclepiades as being the first physician to perform a non-emergency tracheotomy. Antyllus, another Roman-era Greek physician of the 2nd century AD, supported tracheotomy when treating oral diseases. He refined the technique to be more similar to that used in modern times, recommending that a transverse incision be made between the third and fourth tracheal rings for the treatment of life-threatening airway obstruction.
Breathing is then done through the tube, bypassing the mouth, nose, and throat. A tracheostomy is commonly referred to as a stoma. This is the name for the hole in the neck that the tube passes through. Thomas Fienus (1567–1631), Professor of Medicine at the University of Louvain, was the first to use the word “tracheotomy” in 1649, but this term was not commonly used until a century later. Georg Detharding (1671–1747), professor of anatomy at the University of Rostock, treated a drowning victim with tracheostomy in 1714.
Why did Fabricius recommend a tracheotomy?
This was a straight, short cannula that incorporated wings to prevent the tube from advancing too far into the trachea. He recommended the operation only as a last resort, to be used in cases of airway obstruction by foreign bodies or secretions. Fabricius’ description of the tracheotomy procedure is similar to that used today.
Tracheostomy is one of the oldest, one of the simplest and one of the most valuable operations in surgical practice. Yet, despite its antiquity, it was but rarely performed until the beginning of the 19th century and until less than twenty years ago its use was limited to surprisingly few conditions. Only during the last two decades has tracheostomy come to be accepted in the treatment of lower airway obstruction and for artificial ventilation, and these today constitute the chief indications for its use. For the previous 2,000 years, tracheostomy was used solely for upper respiratory obstruction. The underlying cause of most cases of mouth breathing is an obstructed (completely blocked or partially blocked) nasal airway. Meaning, the more we use our mouths to breathe, the tissues in our noses begin closing up when they’re not in use. Over time you can find yourself breathing through your mouth not only while you sleep, but as you go about your entire day, from morning until evening. This becomes your default, and something we do without thinking about it. Healthy people use both their nose and their mouth to breathe. Breathing through the mouth only becomes necessary when you have nasal congestion due to allergies or a cold. Also, when you are exercising strenuously, mouth breathing can help get oxygen to your muscles faster. Never really realized this. I did when I had sinusitis. I really would say. God knew what He was doing when He made our breathing system. From the nostril to the mouth, to the Stoma. Every way we breathe is a gift. On our difficult days, when breathing is difficult. We have to praise God. Our minds can heal our body’s, but our bodies cannot heal our minds. God gave us our powerful minds to keep in constant conversation with Him. He is the only one who never leaves us. How many times have you asked for what you didn’t want, and it happened. It was wrong, not something you really wanted. But you realized God answered. Then you blamed Him. Hmmm! If we talk right to God He hears also. God is for us. He is never against us. We were meant to really live. Amen. God is so good, and I can never say this too much. God is good all the time. Today embrace His calling on Your life. God is for you, my friend.
Now God breathed into man’s nostril. It reads in this verse: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 2:7
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, in Your love and in Your infinite mercy You could not give us anything less than to give us Your breath. In giving us Your breath, You expect nothing less of Your children. Just to make right choices and pass Your light in a way that others will believe in You. I love You, thank You and praise You for the very air and life You have given me. I am believing for You to work in others’ lives and guide them back to You. Every moment of every day in the good times and the bad let me always thank You for all You do for me. Only because of You God am I living the good life You have given me. Thank You so much for saving my life. I thank You, praise You and give You all the honor and glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.