Being Free

I think people like to use this term freely….I am free. Being free does not mean that we can do whatever we want – it means we don’t feel those compulsions. That we don’t feel those needs to do things to feel complete.

Part of my testimony is that I …. well was a true heathen. Doesnt matter what happened but through those years of rebellion? I was a ….. as my grandma used to say: a caca mouth.

Yeah….not a shining moment for Jess.

Moving on….God has changed me praise the Lord. But still – i dont say certain words (mostly for my kids sake) but I feel a freedom to say other words. To me certain words are not a sin because …. well I had a true potty mouth.

why do I feel like im 5 when I say that?

Anyways, i have that freedom but i dont exercise that freedom all the time. For my kids, yes, but also for others. To some this may be a stumbling block and I dont want to do that to them.

Thats not what God calls us to be ya know?

For example: my mom hates when I say a certain word (not gonna say it cause I don’t want others to stumble), so when I am around her? I try not to say that word. Out of respect for her (cause after all she is mom) but also because I don’t want her to stumble.

Is that even the right term? She reads this blog – i’m sure she’ll say something 🙂

I may be far from perfect (sorry mom) but I try. and thats what God calls us to do. to put others ahead of ourselves; to be an example; not to cause any to stumble; and to be servants.

I bet you didnt realize that doing that is serving others. Neither did I …. but it is. We are serving them by our actions which causes them to grow closer to God.

cause thats the ultimate goal right? to serve others.

Friend I encourage you to do the same as I try do, exercise your freedom in Christ but make sure not to put yourself before others.

 Therefore let us not judge one another ^[d]anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.

¹⁴ I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. ¹⁵ Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died. ¹⁶ Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil; ¹⁷ for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ For he who serves Christ in ^[e]these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

Romans 14:13-18 (emphasis mine)