Freedom...

I was looking through some old pictures this morning, when I came across this one that my wonderful roomate (Brooke) took of me last summer. I've always loved the picture. Right around the time this picture was taken we had been talking a lot about freedom. We were in the process of drooling over our favorite book, Captivating, and we just loved the idea that God has set us free from our bondage to sin. And therefore we are free to be who we are in Him. Brooke and I love to dance. Like crazy people when no one else is around, or the usual two-steppin with a partner. We like to sing loud in our cars, and go crazy, and just be downright silly. But we have no fear of what other people may think or say. We do those things because we are free. Because we don't have to look to other people for approval or acceptance, because we know that we are eternally accepted. Eternally loved by our Heavenly Father. I know what it's like when you don't have that freedom, and oh how much more satisfying it is when you do have that freedom. So of course as soon as I saw this picture again I racked my brain to remember all those bible verses that I was sure I had memorized, and in the failed attempt finally got out my Bible to look them up.
Here are a few...
Live in Freedom today.

John 8:31-32/34-36
Romans 3:21-26
2 Corinthians 3:17
Plus a ton more, but I just realized I gotta go to class! Lol