At the beginning of this series I thought that we (society as a whole) were just unappreciative of our freedom. Then, that quickly changed to thinking that we are on the precipice of losing our freedom to now, realizing that we have already lost many of our freedoms. This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God, to preserve our freedom.
We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".
Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action
- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another
James Madison was the 4th president and is known as "The Father of the Constitution".
I think that both of these abuses are atrocious but the abuse of power might slightly be the worst. I am reminded of "Animal Farm" by George Orwell and specifically this quote:
"Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
I fear that we are living under the tyranny of the "absolute corrupted" today.
At the beginning of this series I thought that we (society as a whole) just weren't appreciating our freedom. Then, that quickly changed to thinking that we are on the precipice of losing our freedom to now, realizing that we have already lost many of our freedoms. This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God, to preserve our freedom.
We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".
Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action
- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another
This is already happening today!! How many times have you been "fact checked" or censored on social media? I can't count how many times that has happened to me. Usually, it is because of some stretch of the truth - like taking a quote from a different refutable site that social media deems "false" and then social media placing a "dangerous" label on your post. (click HERE to read what social media did with DAY#16).
I am NOT a "sheeple" - I pray that you are not one either.
We only have a week left of the month long series focusing on Freedom. I realized that we are on the verge of losing our liberty after only one week of doing these posts. This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God to preserve our freedom.
We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".
Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action
- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another
The "American dream" model has been twisted into a lie over the past few decades. It has been mangled into socialism or even communism where everyone must have equal parts, or be on the exact same level. Excelling at something is now labeled as being "privileged" or even "racist".
We need to allow God to transform us into exactly what He intends without consulting "society" first.
We only have a week left of the month long series focusing on Freedom. I realized that we are on the verge of losing our liberty after only one week of doing these posts. This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God to preserve our freedom.
We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".
Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action
- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another
Indivisible - incapable of being divided, separated or broken
That's pretty powerful! - Freedom can NEVER be separated. No walls or divisions can come between us if true freedom exists. What President Kennedy said is profound but so simple - it only takes ONE person to be a slave for freedom to NOT exist for ANYONE.
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We only have a week left of the month long series focusing on Freedom. I realized that we are on the verge of losing our liberty after only one week of doing these posts. This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God to preserve our freedom.
We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".
Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action
- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another
Today's quote is different from the previous quotes that we've been focusing on because it comes from a fictional character: Jane Eyre.
"Jane Eyre" was a tragic romance novel from the 19th century written by Charlotte Bronte.
I chose this quote because we haven't yet touched on freedom within a relationship/couple. Now, I want to be very clear here - I am NOT talking about "freedom" to go against marital vows! One can be free to be themselves while still being devoted to their spouse at the same time.
I am reminded of one of my high school French classes (I say "one" because I took French every year in high school). The teacher that year used many French folk songs to help us learn the language and one song in particular sticks out because she would dance around the classroom as the record played. It's called:
"Je veux toute la vivre ma vie"
by Angèle Arsenault
I remember not understanding what it meant at that time and the teacher took extra time to make sure that we understood. She said that many relationships can be stifling because they prevent each person from developing into their own God given personality. Love is freedom. If you truly love someone, you will not control and stifle their individual self.
Here are most of the lyrics translated through an online translate program (no punctuation I'm afraid):
"I want to live my
whole life I don't want to imprison him I want it all not just little bits I
want it all the whole way to live my life I want to live my whole life I don't
want to imprison him I want it all not just little bits I want it all the whole
way to live my life So let me do it if I jump in the air Let me exaggerate Let
me laugh if I feel like laughing But let me be wrong Let me cry if I have grief
Let me get back up Let me leave you in the early morning But let me love you
Let me visit all
countries Let me walk around Let me choose my kind of life But let me find it
Let me change my life Let me start over Let me go to the end of my madness
Let me go if I feel
like going away Let me cut all links Let me even abandon you But let me find my
way Let me scream if I feel like screaming Let me let off steam Leave me alone
let me leave me But let me exist"
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We are more than halfway through the month long series focusing on Freedom. I realized that we are on the verge of losing our liberty after only one week of doing these posts. This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God to preserve our freedom.
We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".
Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action
- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another
A portion of Norman Rockwell's self portrait was used in the above picture.
Becoming a Christian is life changing. We are "set free" by the gift of forgiveness through Jesus Christ. We are no longer slaves to sin and because of this gift our personality changes. The way of the world stops controlling our thoughts and actions. The Scripture passage today gives a wonderful picture example of what it's like if you continue living the way you did prior to becoming a Christian. It's like you look in the mirror and see your transformation in Christ but then walk away and forget what your new self looks like and continue on in your old habits.
Let's make sure to live a life that matches our new and improved image in Christ.
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We are over halfway through the month long series focusing on Freedom. I realized that we are on the verge of losing our liberty after only one week of doing these posts. This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God to preserve our freedom.
We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".
Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action
- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another
I think it's important to define: "inalienable" & "sacred":
Inalienable - incapable of being transferred or surrendered
Sacred - entitled to reverence and respect
Not having freedom of religion (freedom to believe and worship who/what you want), would kind of be like having the thought and emotion police.........WAIT!!! We already have that!!!!! We can't publicly utter our beliefs or express our deepest Divine feelings almost anywhere online without it getting flagged as false, labeled as hate speech or being totally censored &/or banned!!!
HOWEVER, even being censored online does NOT block our relationship with Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Let's NOT allow tyrannical governments to prevent our freedom to worship.
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