I am FREE
to run, am FREE to dance, FREE to live for You.
..I am FREE.
I
I am
I am FREE.
We sang this song at church this morning…and as we were singing it, I couldn’t help but realize how well it sums up the past year of our lives.
While we have chosen to look at the positives in the past (well, mostly ;)) Tobin and I will both admit that, at times, being a Christian felt a lot like being a slave. So many rules and do’s and don’ts…it felt like there was no freedom to be the people God created us
to be.
“For freedom in Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”
Galatians 5:1
“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”
Galatians 5:13
I love these verses…THIS is exactly what I’ve been trying to figure out all year.
Christianity is about living for God in the freedom we have in Christ. The things that used to bind us DON’T anymore. We’re not held in bondage to sin any longer because of the gift of love from our Father in the form of the greatest sacrifice the world has ever seen.
Does being free mean that I can use the grace lavished on me as an excuse to do whatever I want
? No…it’s not about self, but about loving others, something my husband and I have tried to be so intentional about. We’re not there yet, but God is teaching us.
And we’re trying to learn.
Today, I am FREE…
To live for Him!
And I might just do a little dance while I live.
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