Are You Free?

I'm certain my parents didn't plan it to be so, but I was born on the Fourth of July. God meant for me to be born on that date. He knew how much I would cherish my freedom. When I think of myself, I'm like a wild mustang running free, enjoying each lung-filling breath. When my husband proposed to me he said something that some would consider a contradiction. He said, "I want to marry you and set you free." He meant that he loved me so much that he wanted to claim me as his, but not squelch my spirit.

I am priviledged in many ways, none the least of which that I was born in a free country. I love my free time. It's a precious commodity to me. I enjoy doing what I want to when I want to unfettered by anyone or anything. I get really defensive if anyone plans my time for me. I enjoy speaking my thoughts when I feel like it without fear of being arrested, beaten or imprisoned. It's a charmed life, for sure. However, I am human and make many mistakes. Sometimes I sin...okay, often I sin. It is then that I turn to God the Father and ask His forgiveness (sometimes this requires my asking others to forgive me as well--sometimes not). He freely forgives when I "woman up" and own my transgressions (Psa. 32:5; 79:8-9; 86:5-7). My personal favorite verse about His removing our sins is Psalms 103: 11-12 which states, "For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." That is what makes us truly free for John 8: 34-36 states, "Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." Galatians 5: 1 tells us, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."

Are you free? Do you want to be? It's yours for the taking if you'll but ask Him for it.

Love Ya,
God Bless