Today I am free.
I feel free from the tyranny of self-absorption, of self-importance, and of self-deprecation. I feel free from the worry of what others think and free from the fear of presenting the “wrong” image. Today I took my scarf off and let the wind run his fingers through my hair and mess it up, tangle it up and whip it around.
Today I am free.
When I awaken in the morning, I try to start my day remembering that which has changed my outlook about other people. C.S. Lewis said it, I’ve quoted it before. There are no ordinary people. But today, as I walked in the wind, I heard the Lord whisper something that had not occurred to me before, “and you are not ordinary, either.”
Today I am free.
I am free to be alive in Jesus and to feel his presence in my life everywhere I walk. And who the Son sets free is free indeed, as he told his disciples when he walked among us. Today I am free to love others right where they are, no matter who they are because I am loved by God right wher
Several years ago, I was driving to work on a day about as windy as today. I saw a woman standing on a corner, waiting to walk across the street. The wind whipped around her, swirling her hair and dress, but it didn’t look as though it bothered her. Indeed, there seemed to be a certain dignity to her that I wished I had. I seemed to suddenly see her, in that split second, standing on a high ridge looking down into a valley, a woman of grace and strength and one whom nothing could conquer.
Today I am a woman of scars and imperfections, but today, in spite of those scars and imperfections, I suddenly feel what Isaiah felt when he wrote “but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (Isaiah 40:31)
So, when you see me or take a look at my profile photograph on Face Book with the slightly crazed look in my eye and the wind whipping my hair and when you see the hand writing on the photograph, just know that the Lord is continuing to write my story and
Today I am free.