I recently came across this piece of advice: Every day, we need to take time to breathe the air of eternity.
In other words, we need to pray.
But I love that phrase—breathe the air of eternity. It lifts my mind above the noise and clutter of everyday life – above the clouds, where the air is clear and still, and the world takes on a sharper, more radiant hue.
Prayer invites us into that space. It's not just about checking off devotions or getting our words right. Those practices all point to something deeper: stepping back from the heavy gravity of this world and breathing in the fresh, pure air of the world to come.
C.S. Lewis captures this beautifully in The Great Divorce. He describes Heaven as more real than anything we've ever known. The colors are more vivid, the light more intense, the very grass so solid and alive that it doesn’t bend beneath the feet of visiting souls—it resists them, like diamond under bare skin.
That’s the air we long for. And through prayer, we get a foretaste.
Just a few moments can lift the soul. It can remind us who we are and where we’re going.
So today, breathe the air of eternity.