It is our imagination that has to be awakened to what is possible before our fear is released, the past let go of, chains broken, and all that weighs us down lifted so we can fall weightless into the future.
~ written while in Oxford 2011.
Free
From the fear of living,
To be alive,
To breath,
To run,
To live.
Freedom, not merely, “Just another word for nothing left to lose.”1
But, what allows us to lose and not care about losing.
“A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out…”2
Failure is not to be feared, but embraced.
Only by embracing failure are we free from it.
Then grace breaks through to dance in the midst of failure.
“Fear not.”3
Fear is an imposter, a thief.
“…your joy will be complete."4
Pain, suffering and tears are but the passage ways for joy.
Hold onto them like the hand of a dear old friend.
Love then can speak through them like a hand held comforts a tired soul.
Then you can be,
Free
End Notes:
1 Kris Kristofferson, lyric from Me and Bobbi McGee
2 Matthew 12:20a TNIV
3 Luke 12:7 ESV
4 John 16:24b TNIV
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