What’s holding you back from a rich spiritual life?
For me for the longest time it was years spent in a religious tradition that valued rules and regulations over relationship. While I developed strong relationships with other Christian brothers and sisters, many of whom are still some of my closest friends, my relationship with God suffered.
When I was 16, I knew there was something more that I was missing. I wondered aloud to my sister in the car one day, “Why have we been taught all these things about God but no one has ever taught us how to know Him?“
Years later I’m just now discovering the freedom Christ offers us as believers.
God woke me up this morning with the lyrics to the song Make Me More Free playing over and over in my mind. Maybe I needed a reminder!
(click the play button to listen)
Help me to see, free me
To see You and know You
To know I am known
Help me to see You, see me
And know I am Yours alone
With wings like an eagle, my heart made to fly
Over sin, over sorrow, to new realms of life
From glory to glory, my gaze fixed so high
That I only see Jesus, the love of my life
My heart is no longer held back by a narrow interpretation of the body of Christ and instead I’ve started building stronger relationships with other Christians and with God, my creator, sustainer, friend, and provider. It’s a beautiful thing, freedom.
So what’s holding you back in your spiritual walk?
Be encouraged today. Christ came to set you free. God promises to provide and loves you as His child. Break free and FLY!
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What hold us back? Fear – shame – disappointments… so many things. God help us to lay them at your feet and find freedom. Thanks for this lovely, inspiring post today. x
Ruth you are so right. Fear, shame, disappointments, and so many more things hold us back. Embracing the freedom Christ provides is definitely a process and we’re all learning together!
LeeAnn-I also grew up in a faith of rules and regulations and found my wings as an adult. I love your question-why have we been taught all these things about God but nobody has taught us to know Him? That sums up to me where we go wrong in developing our relationship with God. I pray that we all may learn who God is on our daily walk and let go of the misconceptions in order to share this knowledge with others. Have a beautiful weekend!
Yes, that is my prayer as well. Cannot wait to hug you in person and talk more about this soon! 🙂
Lee Ann, these words are just wonderful tonight. I love the idea of breaking free from all that’s holding us back and embracing a full, uninhibited relationship with God. Something certainly worth striving for each and every day!
Yes, definitely! I feel like there are seasons when life circumstances make this a more difficult challenge (or easier, depending on the situation!) but it’s always an area of growth for sure.
I, too, grew up in “religion” with rules, traditions, regulations that didn’t make any sort of sense to me. It wasn’t until my 20’s that I became aware that I could actually have a relationship with my Savior. Your post took me right back to appreciate even more the special relationship I now have with Jesus. Great post! Thank you for the beautiful truths you shared! Blessings on your Friday!
I was in my teens when I started questioning but it took me almost 10 more years before I was in a supportive environment to start to understand the difference. So glad you were able to move to the understanding of relationship too! What a blessing.
Freedom is indeed a beautiful thing! Love the lyrics to Make Me More Free. I just took a deep, peace-filled breath 🙂
Thank you for sharing!
Renee
Oh, so glad you were able to breathe a bit more peacefully today. Thanks for stopping by!
Oh your words are such an encouragement to me. I have been struggling the last few years let go all that hold me back. Thank you for reminding me how beautiful a relationship over religion is.
It can be a tough road Amy, can’t it? I’m so glad there are many of us who are traveling this road together though. There is power in relationship with other women in addition to our individual relationships with our Father!
Hi LeeAnn! I’ve enjoyed exploring your blog! Looking forward to meeting you next week “At the Barn”!
Hi Lindsay,
Thanks for stopping by. I’m excited about the barn event as well. See you there!