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Thankful Thursday #10

I am humbly thankful for FREEDOM!

I am beyond blessed to get to live where we know that FREEDOM is and was IN NO WAY free. It was and continues to be bought and paid for with the blood of brave men and women who boldly stand to protect what they love.

We love our country BUT, there is another FREEDOM so much bigger than this or any country's FREEDOM.

None of us are more special than any other human just because we happen to be born where we were born.

There are people of every land (including ours) that suffer and experience the feeling of not being free whether that’s in an abusive relationship, having no money to buy food or pay the bills, and so many other ways, or even actually being imprisoned.

So, today I am obviously thankful for the beautiful blessings of living in the land of the FREE. I tell every soldier every chance I get, "Thank You for Your Service!”, as should we all!

But even that points to something even bigger...

It paints a beautiful picture that points to an even greater FREEDOM we are all given and it also WAS NOT FREE!

It was bought and paid for with the precious blood of Christ!

It’s FREEDOM IN CHRIST my beautiful friend!

It has been paid for ONE time with ONE perfect Savior!

It’s a ONCE and DONE extraordinary miraculous unfathomable FREEDOM that nothing else can compare to!

It's a deep abiding gift of acceptance, peace, contentment and even joy that is YOURS for the taking.

The chains and shackles are GONE!

SCRIPTURES FOR THE DAY

GALATIANS 5:1 tells us we have been set FREE,

“It is FREEDOM that CHRIST HAS SET US FREE.

Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”

GALATIANS 5:13 tell us what to do with this freedom,

“You my brothers and sisters were

CALLED TO BE FREE.

But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, SERVE ONE ANOTHER HUMBLY IN LOVE.”

2 CORINTHIANS 3:17 reminds us our freedom is not confined to circumstances or physical location,

“Now The Lord is the Spirit, and

WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS,

THERE IS FREEDOM.”

ROMANS 8:2 reminds us we have been redeemed! "For the law of the Spirit of Life has SET YOU FREE IN CHRIST JESUS from the law of sin and death.”

No matter what country you live in, whatever your circumstances may presently be, YOU HAVE BEEN SET FREE and you get to hold fast to that in the private depths of your soul where no one can take that away from you EVER!