Let Freedom Ring By Tina Gonzalez

Well July 4th weekend crept-up so quickly this year. It is usually a reminder for me, sometimes friendly, sometimes not, that summer has neared its halfway point. I am in the process of cleaning out closets and just happened-upon some special items of my dads with his tenure in the U.S Marine Corps. My family didn’t find out until the actual day of my dad’s funeral from a gentleman that served with him in Vietnam, that he was part of a special Black Ops Task Force that few men would sign up for. This task force would go deep into the jungle to retrieve black boxes from fallen aircraft and to see if recovery of the airplane was possible. Wow, what if my dad had become a prisoner of war? Praise the Lord he made it back home safely and lived to be 72. As I continued cleaning, I joyously found another precious keepsake… My dad’s Bible! Galatians 5:1 tells us that “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm and do not let yourself be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” It started me thinking about the marvelous freedoms we have because of our military, but also ultimate freedom we have because Jesus paid for it all…….

 

I was a blank canvas with no Paint 

Lifeless – washed-out

Waiting for Truth!

A touch from the Masters supernatural hand

 

Taking mixed blurred lines

Defining healed-whole-hearts desires 

What it looks like… what it means

With His great wisdom and infinite Love

Who’s thoughts are Greater

Ways are higher

Holy – Pure – Divine

He came as flesh to rescue

The deaf-dumb 

The lost and blind!

 

That’s you

That’s me

Jesus was nailed to calvary

Taking the blows – the pain

Bearing scars for all humanity!

 

Taking the tree from Adam and Eve

Destroying the Consequences

And unpayable costs.

Washing my stained garments

Hemming torn tattered clothes

He rolled sin up

Setting it aside

Exterminating eternal condemnation

Ironing out the Wrinkles

Saying…

Death, where is your sting?

I’ve made a way by going

Through the eye of a needle

Walking the straight and narrow

Removing the sinner’s debt

 

Tree of Good and Evil

You were never meant to be

A definer of who I am

His purposes, thoughts and plans.

As He hung upon calvary’s tree

Undoing all I have done

Shedding His blood

Paying my debt

Showing a lost world and death

His Sovereignty

His undying love for you and for me!

 

I am reminded of a beautiful old hymn that my dad loved to sing called “Victory in Jesus.” Thank you Jesus that I am not a casualty… Not a POW. Satan has no power – no hold on me!

“Let Freedom Ring”

Freedom Wings

Mighty  Wings

Wings that flutter, soar and glide

~ Bending Left 

   Bending Right ~

Beauty unfolding – layers resting

Harvests of Hope – Harvests of joy

And a great Catch of Fish

Unparalleled – never before seen

As a multitude of Hearts unfold before Him

~ Souls ~

A cascade of different sizes

Breathing in – Breathing out

Catching Holy Spirit Winds of Glory

Catching Holy Spirits Winds of Fire“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” – 2 Corinthians 3:17

 

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