Freedom

My first class reunion was acouple of days ago, and while I wasn't able to go, I've been doing alot of reflecting on it lately. Especially on the person I was when I graduated and who I am now. When I graduated highschool, I was a very lost person making horrible choices. I was dealing with loosing the only home I'd ever known. It was then that God decided to start some amazing works. He led to two wonderful people, Jack and Donna. They filled alot of holes I had in my heart. They helped me to realize that I was more than the mistakes that I had made. That I could have a bright and beautiful future. As we are now on Independence Day, I've been thinking alot too about freedom. God brought me to Vennard and put people in my life like Mrs. Doll. She taught me that while I had been a victim of sexual abuse, I didn't have to stay a victim my whole life. That piece of knowledge has been key in my everyday life since. While a part of me still grieves the loss of my childhood home, of Vennard, of the person who I used to be and what has happened to me, an even bigger part celebrates the FREEDOM that which God has brought me. He has given me the freedom to want to be a good wife to Kyle. The freedom to want better for my children than the mistakes of those before me. The freedom to choose HIM. As I reflect on the past five years, I sincerely hope that those who knew me then and know me now, have seen the amazing change in my life, and the hope that I have. That Christ is the head of it all. Through my studies, I have befriended a woman who God is using to start an amazing work. She emailed me this morning, and one sentence really caught my attention. "FREEDOM has soo many meanings in our lives!!"

So, as you celebrate today, what freedoms are you celebrating?