So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36 ESV
Besides when we get to sing with our family in church, my personal favorite times are on Thursday mornings with my friends in memory care. Some people don’t come and visit, because they think that having a normal conversation is hopeless. While that may be true for some, a great many of the residents really enjoy my little stories laced in between the songs. It did my heart good today to hear their laughter as I related a memory of times when I was asked to pick up men who were being released from prison. I told them that whether these fellows had just spent a night cooling off after a fight, or had finished serving a lengthy sentence, none of them ever asked me to take them back! Their gleeful enjoyment of those first hours of freedom reminded me of today’s verse and the freedom that God gives us when He unlocks the jail cell of sin and opens the door into a life of true freedom through the grace of Jesus Christ. I hope you will enjoy our little rendition of the old hymn, He Set Me Free!
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I love this! Just last night, Holy Spirit was impressing on my heart, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then…” I love how He brought me to this devo of yours so soon after He was emphasizing this truth to my heart. 🙂
Isn’t it wonderful how God speaks in different ways to different people but with the same message?
It really, really is! Thank You Jesus!
What a wonderful story, Pastor Pete, and a great song to go with it! I wonder if Hank Williams, Sr. heard this one before he wrote “I Saw the Light?” The two songs have similar melodies.
I appreciate how you make one good point, per post, and then sign off—with a poem or a song. I always know what to expect when I start reading, and haven’t been disappointed yet! I also enjoy your posts because they aren’t novellas. You rarely write more the a few hundred words, but pack in so much meaning. May God continue to bless your ministry.
Thanks Dave. Speaking in nursing home ministry, and memory care tends to remind me to just get to the point!
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