Are you really free? I'm not talking about politically but spiritually. I've recently come across the concept of sin as an addiction. I think there may be something to this.
On this Independence Day in the United States, perhaps we should ask ourselves if we are truly free from sin. Is there something in your life that is holding you hostage? Perhaps it is not an obvious "sin" but something like fear or laziness.
We are, each and every one of us, God's children. NO MATTER WHAT. This applies to us in our must desparate, sad and mixed up times, as well as our most joyful. To be really free is to accept that we have a Creator who loves us and will listen to our cries. Even if we are still afraid to completely follow Him, He will honor our attempts at reaching out. I firmly believe this.
This Independence Day, remember that you are a child of God and that
If therefore the son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. ~John 8:36
Wow, that's a great meditation. We all sin, but I trust that through Confession and the Sacraments, we are continually set from. May the Lord reign in our hearts!
ReplyDeleteI'm reading the Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila now and it is wonderful. She is comparing the soul to a castle, and it is just amazing.
I was thinking along the same lines, but always sin is a choice.
ReplyDeleteWhat confuses me a lot is when catholics willfully sin with no remorse then state, 'oh I will go to confession, so it's ok if I do wrong now'...then come the next day there is NO change in them. When asked they simply respond with, 'oh there is always confession next week'...Sorry but I dont get that attitude?
Did Jesus not say 'Go and sin NO more'?
Very thought provoking piece ty 4hischurch:).
Peace to ALL
Marie
I haven't read the Interior Castle yet, but I should! Sin is a choice, but if we choose the sin too often, without true purpose of ammendment and confession, we can become enslaved to it and are not really free.
ReplyDeleteWe do always sin and it is a choice, the struggle of being free from it can be so hard. I agree with moneybags, it's a great meditation.
ReplyDeleteGod bless
Thanks, Carmel!
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