chains

my heart is free. there are no chains on me.

we hear the sound of revival coming.

so i got a tattoo in january that says unchained. it was to indicate that my heart is free and i am not chained to anything, but rather free in Jesus. i have noticed though...i'm still pretty chained. i was hanging with a very good friend last night when i realized how chained i really am, but how deeply i desire to be free.

it's like i can see freedom on the horizon. i dance most days towards that horizon, but occasionally i trip and fall. my chains get too heavy to carry. so i just lay there. the inertia almost seems to great. i'm chained. locked into all that Jesus wants to free me from.

what is it about one day over another? one day i'm dancing in freedom and then next i'm a slave to people.

but the beautiful and most challenging part of all this is that i can choose my freedom. there are 27 million people who are slaves that can't get free. i fight for their freedom. i pray for their freedom. but i remain chained. it's beautiful that in Jesus we get freedom. even as i write, i feel a cry rising up inside me screaming for my own freedom. today i choose to be free. Thank You Lord for that gift. In Your power, bring it to those 27 million people enslaved around the world because of human trafficking.

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why my iphone provides everything i need as opposed to a boyfriend

Requirements:

1. Balance checkbook - thank you mint.com
2. Rock star skills - ipod
3. Sense of humor - constant access to youtube
4. Good communicator - texting and phone capabilities
5. Leads me - GPS navigation
6. Do the dishes - okay...my iPhone can't do the dishes

a new start

recently inspired by a friend, i've decided to reattempt blogging. mostly, this attempt is based on my desire to jumpstart book writing again.

first, i had to delete all the old stuff. weird to read my first teaching experiences 3 years ago. oh, how everything has changed.

random thought of the day:

my church has recently been doing something called 'leap of faith.' part of the idea is that we pray for one big dream for ourself...in the hopes (and expectation) that God will answer it. i've slowly been realizing why it's called a 'leap' because i feel a huge risk of disappointment if this prayer goes unanswered because i've focused more prayer on it that anything EVER. what if it's unanswered? what do i do then? will it changed everything i've ever had faith for?