Made freedom

I sing in a group at church called the ensemble. Some of us play instruments and the others of us sing, do skits, etc. We are doing a series on real life. This Sunday I am to talk on freedom. Being free in Christ and in life. I am the youngest of four children. My father a retired Baptist minister, my mother died with breast cancer 8 years ago. I did not learn about true freedom until several years ago. In my journey of faith I have learned that the type of freedom people long for, isn't the kind voted on by legislative figures. It is the core of one's soul that allows a person to know exactly who they are and where they are from. How can this be freedom? Have you ever been so lost and confused that you could not even find a familiar spot to start from? Today in our families we lose our freedom because we lose our sense of purpose and where we are going. What is my purpose as a mother? I believe it is to empower my family with the knowledge and the comfort that when the circumstances in my life fall apart I know where I came from and I will not lose site of where I am going. The world wants us to rely on road maps, signs, people, sucess, however, I want my children to rely on their heart. For their heart is the very thing that grants freedom in Christ. To give Him my freedom is to realize that He has a wonderful plan for my life, my husband's, my children. To exercise complete freedom is to know where I stand no matter what happens. To live this, to breathe this, to begin each day in the comfort of knowing I am ME and I have been given the privilege to be ME by Christ. Freedom. We lose it when we want more control.