Sweet freedom

Freedom...what many mothers are experiencing today, the first day of school! I'm experiencing it too, though not in the same way.  The first day of school for home schoolers means MORE work, and the kids are still around! A few months ago, I blogged about the word "freedom" (read the whole post here).  For weeks after that, the word kept popping up in things I read, listened to, and saw.  I really wasn't sure what I was supposed to be grasping, and quite honestly, I had forgotten about it until today. I took Molly for a walk this morning.  This dog has sure been good for my spiritual life!  Epiphanies seem to happen most often when I'm walking her.  OK, so maybe it's not so much the dog, but the fact that I pray well while we are walking.  So this morning, I was praying...thanking, petitioning, and confessing.  Suddenly I was overcome with the reality that I am literally uncondemnable in the eyes of God (Romans 8:1).  For the first time in my life, I was able to lay hold of that truth.  And then this flashed through my mind:  HOW FREEING IS THAT?! To know that God sees me that way, that I am the righteousness of God, is liberating beyond measure.  It radically increases my love for my Savior, and in turn, makes it easy to make Him Lord of my life.  Never has serving a Master been so sweet.   Freedom.  Sweet freedom.