July 3, 2015

My Journey to God

True Personal Freedom

It is easy to be misled to think
That freedom is entitlement to obtain
Whatever we want, when we want it,
Be it pleasing or wasteful or vain.
Yes, God gave us free will,
But that doesn’t mean absence of price
For choosing that which is not of God,
For rejecting virtue for vice.
For what is the opposite of freedom
But the state of being a slave?
And how is it we become captives?
By being bound to the things that we crave.
When those things are not of God
Then they keep us from being whole.
And so we make ourselves prisoners
To those things which harm body and soul.
But in choosing what’s right and holy—
Though some would call that restriction—
We are actually choosing true freedom …
From the slavery of sin and addiction.
Christ Himself tells us in Scripture
That by truth we shall be freed.*
So seek the truth and seek God’s will—
And find true personal freedom indeed!

*John 8:32

By Natalie Hoefer
 

(Natalie Hoefer is a member of St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis and a reporter for The Criterion.) †

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