Greetings Dear Reader,
“And freedom, oh freedom,
well that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone”
Your prison is walking through this world all alone”
When we chase the greener grass, avoid responsibility, and
shirk accountability we often do it in the name of freedom. We harden our hearts in the name of being
free. People tell us it is good and wise
to reject someone and get free. There
are even songs that advise us to find ways to leave our lover, abandon our
families, and be free from responsibility.
The illusion of freedom and true freedom are very different
things. We think that if we cut off all
the people that pose problems for us that we will get free. In truth, it is a way of hardening our hearts. We are required to love those same people and
give them the freedom to learn and grow.
Instead, we almost harden our hearts against them refusing what love
they can offer and withholding the love we are required to give.
We build beautiful prisons of isolation for ourselves and
for others. We claim we are finding
ourselves, looking for a fresh start, or getting over this or that stress. We hide our hardness in activities. We busy ourselves with experiences and claim
we are “living our dream”. We become
locked in the isolation our hard hearts create and then are surprised when it
hurts to be alone.
Freedom only comes from loving others without condition or
expectation. It is the lack of condition
or expectation that creates the freedom.
When our hearts are hard, we cannot give love to others. We cannot be free until we determine that we
will not be hard to any love that is offered us. We cannot be loving until we get free from
the things that isolate us from others and push them away.
I can find plenty of people who will “take my side’ or
“justify my actions” but if that side and those actions withhold the active
communication and demonstration of love to others it is not right. It is not healthy and becomes a prison. I am
obligated to have a heart yielded to loving others no matter what it costs
me. I must do so no matter how he or she
treats me. It is what the Father does
for us. He demonstrates his love in this
way; whilst we were his enemies his Son died to redeem us.
As we move along home, we must soften our hearts to others
even when they are at their worst. We
must love them and see the love they have to offer even if its capacity is
limited. It is not our place to decide
who we will allow to love us. All
genuine love has the potential to heal.
I love you Dear Reader. Even
though I am flawed and fail often, my love for you is real. It is a lonely place to reject love because
it does not meet our expectations and demands.
I have done this and it is indeed a lonely prison of our own
construction. We have the power to be
free but we have to want to do so. I am
happy to love you whilst you tear your prison down. Keep walking with me and we will leave the
stones of if beside the path.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every
writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a
home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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