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Freedom looks different - What true freedom is

Freedom looks different

 

How much dumber

can I be

in order to believe

that I can only experience

true freedom and joy in life

when I overstep my Creator’s

guidelines of love.

 

I have tried it long enough

and found myself

to be bound more and more.

Deeper and deeper

I slid into the swamp

of a bad conscience,

feelings of guilt,

and dissatisfaction.

 

But I played along with that evil game

far too long,

and tried to make my Creator believe

that everything was fine with me

and that I am happy now.

 

But the truth of the matter was

that I turned into one of the most

unhappy humans I have known.

 

It took a long time

before I could admit

I had been on the wrong track

all along,

and that God’s commandments

had their purpose after all

because they were composed

for the protection

of our hearts and souls.

 

For a long time

I could care less

about my heart and my soul.

But now that my life lies in broken pieces

I am starting to think.

 

It is so good that the Bible

shows a way of forgiveness,

healing and restoration.

 

It is so good that

even though my Creator

hates the sin,

he loves the sinner.

 

How good

that there is a new start

even for a person like me.

 

Oh how much do I wish

I had not wasted

all those years

and ruined my heart.

 

Now I am beginning to discover

a new freedom.

Freedom within God’s safety zone

of his loving guidelines.

 

True freedom

is a freedom in which

my heart can recuperate

and my soul can rest.

 

Thank you God that

YOU knew all along

what was best for me.

 

It’s just a pity

it took so long

before I understood that as well!

 

 

(2011130835-0847,2011131911-1929)

 

 

Deuteronomy 30:19b–20 (The Israel Bible)

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day: I have put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life—if you and your offspring would live 20 by loving Hashem your God, heeding His commands, and holding fast to Him. For thereby you shall have life and shall long endure upon the soil that Hashem swore to your ancestors, Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov, to give to them.

 

 

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