markdohle Posted July 4, 2016 Group: Senior Member Followers: 11 Topic Count: 77 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 641 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 328 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted July 4, 2016 Freedom If a river was free to leave its path, to be liberated from the restriction of its banks, it would become a destructive force and would eventually cease to exist. A river is a powerful force when it has direction and a place to go to. To simply do whatever we want soon gets boring and meaningless. To be a good human being, husband, wife or friend, takes direction and discipline. It is then that the happiness of a good marriage or a deep friendship is experienced. We are also called into the freedom of being a child of God. The freedom to grow in love allows us to shake off the shackles of self-centeredness that lead to isolation in the end. When we live out of our true image of being child of God we are free to build up, to support and when we can to heal those around us. Not to beat down or manipulate. The reward of love is to love more. The reward of self-centeredness is an ever shrinking world with ‘self’ as the reward. It is called hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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