Yesterday was a nice Mother’s Day for Kathy. We did have a houseful but Kathy had little responsibility which made the day less taxing for her. No one stayed too long either which allowed her to rest following the get-together. God is GOOD!

As I was journaling this morning I was lamenting about my sinfulness. I know we all have sin nature. There is no getting around this. As I finished my lament and asked Jesus what He wanted me to know from Him for today, I heard this: “My sins, Oh the bliss of this glorious thought. My sins not in part but the whole, are nailed to the Cross and I bear them no more. Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Oh my soul!” (3rd verse of the hymn, “It Is Well”). He went on to remind me of the picture I saw in my mind several years ago when I had heard my young self’s voice while in therapy. As I journaled the day following this event I was thanking Jesus for letting me hear “little Earnie’s voice and laughter”. At that point I saw this little guy standing on a dirt path leading away from a green pasture with a barbed wire fence between it and me. This morning Christ let me know that I am to let go of thinking my sinfulness is still attached to that past of mine. It is a nature we all contend with. He has brought me full circle and I am now at the green pasture of freedom which has no barbed fence I must climb over or cut through. The pasture is there for me to walk into. He called it FREEDOM.

It is amazing to me that I can know something for so long and still not believe it fully. I love Jesus and how thorough He is in helping us one day at a time to become more and more free to live for Him fully without bondage. How I LOVE HIM!