A Freedom No Man Can Take

So, I got married. (Whoo!)

It's been a busy summer and I've rarely had time to think.

I'm going to start posting again more often.

I've been thinking recently about how we view other people- how we usually pick and choose who we want to be compassionate towards.

I've been guilty at times of holding a slight superiority complex when speaking with people who particularly annoy me and/or seem uninformed regarding whatever subject we may be talking about.

But the problem with that notion is that Jesus would have me do more than that. He spent a lot of time giving dignity and grace to those for whom it did not come naturally.

So I want to do that. I want to be amazed at the accomplishments of others, to encourage them and help them. I want to be proud of friends' successes and to hope their dreams come true.

Jesus once said that among those born of women there was not one like John the Baptist-

And guess what he said? "He must become greater, I must become less."

I'm pretty sure John the Baptist had some reasons to think highly of himself. But he knew that there was a greater purpose in it all.

I just hope that I can continue to grow in the strengths God has given me, and that I can in some way share His love towards humanity through the people He allows me to interact with.

And that's not just fleeting moment interaction (though some of it may be)- it's investing yourself in people, so they know that you care, and as a by-product, know that God cares.

So that's the new goal.

I am free to love the people of this world. (Just not getting too attached to this world.)

Because as my favorite rapper says, the gift of salvation is a "freedom no man can take."

Isn't that awesome?

-D.B.