I'm convinced that one of the deeper joys of heaven will be freedom that is expressed and unbridled forever. Although freedom is not fully perfect without restrictions, it will be awesome to push through the boundaries of our limited and insecure mindsets that plague us in this sinful world. One thought that keeps pressing me lately is: 'Have I placed unnecessary restrictions on life because of fear and mistrust of others?' The answer to that is obvious, and I keep asking myself in key areas: 'Is this the best it could be?' 'What am I doing to make this average instead of awesome and inspiring?' Inspiration comes when you peek into the ideal state of things, then pull every resource and effort to realize that dream. Freedom is an inspiring state of things, where you don't restrict yourself or others with negative thoughts and behaviors. Freedom is a spacious place, full of creativity and warmth, where there is plenty of energy to serve and inspire others around you daily. Free people are trusting people, who are slow to make assumptions, and spend little mental energy filling in the blanks of what they think they know about someone. A free individual assumes they know less than half of what there is to know about someone, and gets to enjoy the mystery and discovery of relationships around them. Restrictions come from us when we're convinced we know all there is to know about humanity, and we place rigid walls around others and their potential because we do not TRUST them! Now its true that if you are a human, you have probably earned some of that mistrust and misunderstanding from others. If you have burned bridges of trust within relationships, as I have, then you can respond with faith instead of excuses and cover ups, and say, ' I believe God will change this below average behavior in me, and my apology will soon be validated because of His great power working within me!' In Christ, you can live free of that oppressive bondage forming around you by truly understanding your place in Him. Our potential is limitless in this life and the life to come because of the God life resonating and rejuvenating our spirits daily and forever. Scripture says, "though outwardly we are wasting away, inwardly we are being renewed day by day." The bible is an impossibly frustrating book to read if approached outside of faith. If you don't believe the words are true in it, or possible for you in this life to make you free, then its a grind. Jesus said, 'you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free...' If you don't believe you are headed into freedom through his word, then the only other alternative is a smaller, and smaller, more uncomfortable restrictive space. Within the boundaries of God, there is plenty of space to enjoy the euphoria of life with others around you, and enjoy Him forever.
