The words stopped me in my tracks. “…our values make us vulnerable: freedom, privacy, tolerance and the stubborn American certainty that people born and raised here will not reject the gifts we share.”  The article in the November 23 edition of Time Magazine was about terrorism, but I instantly reflected on the truth of the statement for those who are Christians.

As a follower of Christ, I value freedom.  Christ came to make us free in every sense of the word, emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and more. But if we really embrace that freedom, it opens us up in a most vulnerable way. If I am truly free,  I  release others to be free and I resist the temptation to be afraid of their freedom.  I release them to choose. I can let go of any need to control other people whether it be my desire to control their emotions, their responses, or their actions.  And does that ever make me vulnerable!  Yet at the same time, that vulnerability is inherit in the essence of my freedom.

I remember an old saying that was quite popular when I was a teenager. It said, “If you love something, set it free; if it comes back it’s yours, if it doesn’t, it never was.” I always hated that saying. It just didn’t set right with me if someone was asking for love without commitment. However, love does involve freedom of choice.  Read more...

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