When I was a child, I had a strange idea of Creation. I don't know if it was given to me or if it's what I understood from whatever it was that was given to me (that I clearly didn't understand).
When I heard God breathed the breath of life into Adam, I thought of it as a one time act that got the breath going for the rest of Adam's life.
In the last few years or so, I've gotten a different picture of what that verse means. God breathed life into Adam and breathes it into me. I am a living being.
When I think God doesn't feel as close to me as years ago when I tortured myself with self-improvement, I remember God is in my breath, closer to me than myself.
Sometimes I imagine that God breathes through me. Some Christians think that's what the pronunciation for God's name, YHWH, is. It's the sound of our breath. When I breathe deeply, I can hear something that sounds like those letters moving through my being. I can't help but call on the name of God with every breath I breathe. After all, I can't live without my source of life.
It's not about how close I am to God or how close God is to me. It's about how aware I am of the closeness. Christ is in God. I am in Christ. Christ is in me.
Genesis 2:27; Exodus 3:14; John 14:20