Fly to Jesus...and be Free!

Good Morning! Hard not to wake up and be energized by the beautiful sunrise and clear skies! I hope that I don't overload you all but I was reading "Jesus Calling" for today and couldn't help but share how it applies to our handout for this week for The Faithful Weigh. It talked about "excessive planning" but what it said next hit me. It says, "Your mind is so accustomed to this pattern of thinking that you are only now becoming aware of how pervasive it is and how much it hinders your intimacy with Me." This is so true with so many things in our lives! Those things in our past that we have hidden from "the light" have become such a part of us that we have not been aware of how they are affecting so many part of our lives, most importantly our intimate, trusting relationship with God. We may be so "used to" making sure it is "hidden" from those around us, even God, that we cannot not see how that "work" of hiding it has shaped who we are, how we speak, how we act, how we love and how we walk with our Lord. This pattern that we have grown accustomed to. Even though we may not completely understand what may be "hidden" that has deeply entwined itself into who we are, God already knows what it is. "Jesus Calling" goes on to say, "Repent of this tendency and resist it, whenever you realize you are wandering down this well-worn path. Return to My Presence, which always awaits you in the present moment. I accept you back with NO CONDEMNATION." God has already forgiven you for those sins of your past when you came to the foot of the cross and washed you white as snow. He has forgotten them as far as the east is from the west. Yes, He may have allowed them to happen to you to mold and shape you into who He has planned for you to be BUT he has never asked you to carry those sins past the cross where He died for them. Resist that well-worn pattern of even our unconscious attempt to keep hidden that which has been brought to the light of His shining grace, mercy, forgiveness and love. LIVE as a redeemed precious daughter of Christ in the FREEDOM of loving and living for Him without restrictions. Right now, this morning, after seeing this wonderful truth from my Father, I feel as if I can fly with the eagles!! Fly to Jesus, my sweet Friends and be free!