Prayer and Oxygen

Jamál (Beauty), 11 ‘Azamat (Grandeur), 169 BE – Sunday, May 27, 2012 about 10:15 AM Pacific Time

My mother has to have oxygen, so we have an oxygen concentrator and oxygen tanks. Mom sleeps with the oxygen concentrator lines in her nose and the concentrator on. However, she does not always need to use it during the day. On Friday, I bought a pulse oximeter to measure her body’s oxygen level. This way if her oxygen level gets below 93% during the day, I can turn on the concentrator and connect the tubes to her nose or connect the oxygen tank, whichever is more convenient.

This morning I checked Mom’s oxygen level and found it was down to 89%, so I turned the concentrator on and put the tubes in her nose. While I was doing this, it struck me that prayer does for our souls what the oxygen concentrator does for my mother’s body. When the oxygen concentrator is on and connected to the human body, it increased the percentage of oxygen in the blood.

Prayer aids a person’s faith in God. When we pray we are connecting our spirits to God and increasing the power of our faith in the same way that the concentrator increased the amount of oxygen in a person’s blood. Sometimes in a person’s daily life, he or she forgets to pray and, therefore, has difficulties due to lack of spiritual power. It is at these times, prayer, acting like an oxygen concentrator, increases the spiritual power to confront the difficulties and overcome doubt.

Mom and her oxygen in Las Vegas

Jamál (Beauty), 3 ‘Alá (Loftiness), 168 BE – Sunday, March 4, 2012 about 5:25 PM Pacific Time

It’s Sunday, the beginning of a new week, a day of beauty and hope. This morning I let Mom sleep later then usual, which help her mood a little. She still got upset because she has to take medication and wear oxygen, but for the most part Mom was in a good mood.

I got Mom to walking up and down the hall today. She didn’t do it more then once, but it was a good walk. Yesterday, Mom had difficulty walking and I think that had to do with her removing the oxygen tubes every time she notices them in her nose.

Mom walks better when she wears the oxygen tubes regularly. The problem is keeping them in her nose both during the day and at night. It’s more difficult to keep them in her nose at night especially when she sleeps in spurts. Tomorrow she goes to the daycare center, so I don’t have to worry about the oxygen tubes during the day.