Freedom!
Back in the mid 90’s, there was a movie about the fight for independence of Scotland in 1300. In the scene at the end, William Wallace screams out, “Freedom!” This July fourth, we celebrate our freedom as a country. In the church, we give thanks to God that we live in a country where we have the freedom to worship without the government telling us what to worship. In the Christian faith, and in our tradition, we have freedom in our free will given to us by God. God desires to be in relationship with all people God created. God calls us into that relationship, provides us that opportunity to that relationship by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and whoever believes in me will have eternal life.” We have the “freedom” to choose. God calls us, Jesus sacrifices for us, and we choose to be in that relationship. May God continue to call us all, and may we all continue to exercise our “freedom” and choose to walk in the way that leads to life everlasting.
God bless, Steve