MEGAN JUNG | GUEST
Dead end roads and flat tires. Tired of an age-old habit. Waiting on that person or that thing. Immobilized by fear. Weary of pain. While feeling stuck is a normal and inevitable part of life, it is frustrating, at best. “Stuckness” comes when something holds us down, back, or away from the thing we need or want. Our minds, another person, our bodies, circumstances, sin, the environment, perception, our stories—we live with countless hindrances, harnesses, and hurdles. When we are stuck, we long for freedom. Freedom comes when the harness loosens, the chains fall off, and we cut ties with the weight dragging behind us. We are freed from something and unto another thing.
What do you think when you consider the word “freedom”? It can be a word fraught with associations and emotions: ache, entitlement, fear, patriotism, gratitude, grief, and more. How can we face our “stuckness” and experience freedom in light of what Christ has done? We start with freedom in Christ, which informs freedom’s function in the rest of life. Freedom in Christ frees us from, frees us to, and frees us unto….
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