For the past couple of Octobers, I have loved following my favorite writers on this 31-days-of-blogging journey. Last year I got serious about writing more about half-way through the month, so I missed it. And I almost missed it this time. If you haven't noticed, writing hasn't exactly been a priority in my life lately. But that is about to change. As of 11pm last night, I decided to jump on the band wagon.
For me, this is mostly about accountability. Accountability to write, for one. This is how I process. My mind is a jumbled mess until I get it out in words, and then I finally feel free of my mind-chaos. Writing every day will be challenging, but I am looking forward to putting my words out there again.
But more than accountability in writing, I am sharing to be held accountable to taking this journey of finding freedom seriously and deeply. This is a journey I have been on for the better part of the last 6 or 7 months and I'm starting to feel a bit lighter.
Why 31 days of finding freedom?
Most simply put, the Lord desires us to be free.
He desired freedom for his Israelite children in Egypt and he desires for us today. The purpose of Christ was to give us freedom from the captivity that sin puts us in. We were slaves. But we don't have to be any longer.
The problem is, even if we know Jesus, we are still human. We are still prone to linger in captivity. We still are tempted by the world, and from time to time, we give in. We believe Jesus is real, but our spirits are still overwhelmed by the battle to give him all of ourselves. And we need help.
This has been my journey for the past 6 or 7 months. In all honesty, a large reason why I have been so quite here is because I felt captive to my own insecurities and strongholds. By the grace of God, I feel much lighter in this part of my journey. The strongholds, while still there, have loosened. And at this point, I feel like it is time to share.
To let you know, I don't have a solid plan. My posts are not planned out. I have an idea of what I'd like to say, but it is going to depend on the day and what is on my heart. Posts will include anything form freedom in motherhood, marriage, and friendship, or what we can learn about freedom from different people in the Bible, or the purpose of freedom, what freedom is and is not, and books and stories where I have grown in freedom.
This is my journey, and this is my month to share it. So it might be messy, but Lord knows I do messy pretty well.
Join me, will you?
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