The lyrics of the video I posted yesterday sing loudly: In the spirit of the Lord, there is Freedom.
How do each of us know that we ought to have Freedom? Did someone tell us so?
Or is the idea that we are free engrained in each human being from birth?
And if Freedom is engrained in us at birth, then where did it come from?
There can only be one answer, and most of us know what, or who, it is.
The desire to be free does not come from a gene passed to us by our parents, like the shape of our face, or the color of our eyes and hair. It is not something we thought up for ourselves either. It is not an object that can be physically touched, because it is not physical, it is spiritual. .
The desire for Freedom is innate in each human person, and it comes as gift from our Creator.
But our desire for Freedom does not necessarily mean that we will have it. Others can keep it from us, or we can keep it from ourselves–by choice.
Because our Freedom is tied to our personal choices.
It is our choice when we restrict another’s freedom, either physically or spiritually. It is our choice to indulge ourselves in addictions, and bring others into those same addictions. It is our choice to make gods of ourselves at the expense of others.
And it is our choice to ignore that we are all God’s children.
Mary’s Mountain–still FREE until Friday, June 12.
Translating a World on the Edge 