As I think more and more about the boys and all that has happened in their lives over the course of a few months, the more I realize how true their story is for all believers in Christ. Their experience with slavery on Lake Volta is something that we can all relate to personally, although in different ways. We have all been released from bonds of slavery and we all have the same Rescuer, Redeemer, and Savior. For Gideon, Ame, Evans, Julius, Clement, Francis, God's Way, and Little God's Way those bonds were apparent and physical, but for others (I know for me), they might have been emotional, intellectual, certainly spiritual and most likely not as obvious, but equally dabilitating. I hope that we will all be able to breath in deeply the sweet scent of freedom and savor the confident spirit that Jesus has given us, the guilt-free conscience that came from His sacrifice, when we remember life as we knew it before we knew Him. We may have lived in fear, but now all fears have been erased. We may have worried, but now we know God is in control. We may have felt rejected, but now we have the comfort of His unfailing love. We may have been troubled by death, but now death itself is conquered! Lord thank You for salvation. Thank You that we only have to trust in Your plan and that no human design or motive can thwart it, ever. We will rejoice and praise Your name because we know that from You and through You and to You are all things (Romans 11:36) and from You we have received a priceless gift of freedom.
"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Galations 5:1
-Katie Hensel
Nicely written Katie! :)
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