dailydatewithgod

Freedom is a word that gets thrown around a lot.  We speak of it as a birth right.  Our freedom is inherent.  Most of the restrictions on our freedom are self-imposed.  We allow what others think of us or circumstances determine our worth.  We look to the world to tell us who we are and what we can do.  Yet God bestowed within us the power to choose to recognize the true value of our worth. Therein lies our freedom.  If we are able to step back and listen to the voice of our heart we will find the freedom we keep expecting someone or something to grant us.  God does not treat us like enslaved beings.  Yet some people imagine God as some overbearing master who is waiting for them to screw up.  How free can we be if we are giving a freedom crushing characteristic to a power greater than us?  How free can we be if we allow the ideas and actions of others to determine our own?  It may not be easy to pause and check in with ourselves about what is most aligned for us in the moment but choosing to do so or not is within our freedom.  It is simple.  It is a choice.  We are called to choose freedom.