SOAR By: Michelle Cook-Hall
Have you ever heard the saying “You made your bed, so now lay in it”. This phrase is implying that your actions, has made your life uncomfortable or troublesome, so now you have to deal with it. But you are designed and predestined to live a life of liberty. He gave freedom to man but cannot hold anyone “free,” so long as his own conscience locks him up into the fear of death and punishment. The mind which has places which it is afraid to touch can never expatiate (atone) everywhere; and the mind which cannot go anywhere, never is “free.” It is the sense of pardon which is that man’s emancipation. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed (John 8:36). This is not a sensational sense of freedom, but it is as deep rooted as your issues. It is your God given birthright to be truly free. Let us stop blaming our environment. Let us alter it, or use it, or leave it, without complaining, but with sympathy, basing our actions on love. That’s right, stop wasting time complaining and wallowing in your issues and change them. Change them by acknowledging, accepting, forgiving, loving and letting go. Acknowledge what has happened in your family and how it has impacted your life and vow to end it for the sake of yourself and your children. Accept and declare that this is not the plan for your life or your seed. Forgive those who have hurt you indirectly and directly. Love your family and
