Gal 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

For about a week, the rain poured down. In fact, I have never experienced so much rain until that particular week. My friends and I had been trying to get out early in the mornings to get a run in and beat the day’s storms. We made it all but a couple of mornings. One day during the week, we were running in the afternoon after work. We began our run in a drizzle, but then a down pour began. Now, these downpours were frequent occurrences on this particular day, but we had decided to run anyway. We kept contemplating if we should turn around or not. Nonetheless, we ran about three miles in the downpour. I felt like a child again. We laughed and laughed at ourselves running in the rain. I felt so free like nothing could stop us and nothing was keeping us from this fun. We only went three because my friend’s baby was with us and a little thunder began to roll.

On my way home from that run, I stopped at our local park and got in another half of a mile in the rain. I just felt so free that I wanted to run more. After a half of mile more my feet started to get sopping wet so I went home. I will never forget those moments running so free in the rain.

As children of God, we are not to be bound up but free. The Lord has given us Himself so that we can be free of the things and thoughts that bind our minds and keep us from living fully. God wants us to run freely without feeling the burdens that we allow to consume us. Have you given Him all of you: your emotions, your circumstances, and your thoughts so that you can have the freedom in HIm that He intends for you?

Trust in Jesus to give you the freedom that He came to give you.