Western Gull, San Simeon, CA USA
Today’s understanding of freedom, to do whatever one wants, whenever one wants, caves a person’s world in on one’s self, making the person captive to the never completely fulfilled desires of pleasure, power, prestige and security. The biblical understanding of freedom is a freedom toward the love of God and away from selfish desires, leading to true freedom. A true freedom to love others and enjoy, and understand, all the beauty around us for what they are, God’s creation, not our possession. Trusting in Christ, in what he has said and what he is asking of us, leads to true freedom. A freedom in God. A freedom each person was created to enjoy.