I never thought too much about what freedom meant to me until this past weekend. On Memorial Day, followed by a rain shower was this rainbow stretched across the sky. In Old Testament times, the rainbow was a promise of freedom from God. People would never have to worry about God flooding the entire Earth again. Never again would God pull out an eraser to start over.
But in the past few months, God has pressed His eraser across the front page of my life. He's smudged out a few people, and allowed some major changes to happen within my family. All these things have turned out to be some of the best things that have ever happened, but it didn't feel that way at the beginning.
First, God took away both of my Dad's, not physically, but removed them from my life in a way that I can only trust that He knows what He's doing. What I realize now is that I'm free to live my life without concern for validation. Every woman would probably love to say she's her daddy's princess, but the truth is---I will never be. Most importantly, I don't have to be. I don't need to strive for validation anymore. I have promises from God that I've collected for years and can now claim them for my own. It is who I am in Christ that matters. I'm not just some little girl that someone adopted, or a daughter that was originally rejected and abandoned by her father.
Secondly, God reduced my husband by allowing his 33 year job to be taken away. Again, the initial sting was difficult, but followed by relief from corporate abuse. There are no more late night phone calls or striving for perfection to a boss who can never find satisfaction. Daniel no longer hears the comments from the critical-spirited, but looks forward to a new future full of promises that arrive daily.
Memorial Day brings about promise because of those men and women that have sacrificed their lives for our country's freedom. Unfortunately the labor of their love is not recognized by everyone and goes unappreciated. The same is true for a God who loved us enough to sacrifice His own son for us to have eternal life. Eternal life that's a gift, and it's free. I am free!
Click here: I Am Free :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR7bBEBIC9g&feature=related
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