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There is Dear Reader a misunderstanding about Freedom. Often is it seen as the ability to do what I want, yet is this correct? For often the supposed freedom in one area brings unexpected restriction in another. Let me explain. For the rich, who it may be argued have the freedom to buy what they want, they may find this balanced off again a life restricted by, paparazzi, or threat of kidnap, or theft. While those who life in poverty have a freedom from all these things, yet live under constant threat of starvation. Which Dear Reader is better? My point Dear Reader is all perceived freedom comes with boundaries, in this realisation comes a release. The creator of the universe offers freedom to His followers, a freedom found under His rule. If I surrender as a slave to Him, I in turn am free. A paradox to be sure, but true none the less. I have swapped perceived freedom under rules I cannot control, to real freedom under the rules of one who can. Consider Dear Reader, do you know this fr

There is Dear Reader, an understanding that to believe in a divine being takes faith. Often this faith is expressed as a leap, a jump, from a place of known security, to that of the unknown. This can be caused by many and varied reasons, but ultimately those who have jumped have come to two conclusions. First, that the place they were standing offered a false sense of security, and ultimately offered none. Secondly, that they have confidence that they are leaping into the secure arms of a diving being. Yet as we move from this first to second position, we experience a life filled with unknown. I trust that I will be caught, but as I jump, I have no idea as to what I will encounter on this route. That's the faith coming into play of course. To use a human analogy, as I leap from a burning plane which I know is going to crash, I rely and trust in my parachute, yet as I initially fall, and even when it opens, I do not know what winds, clouds, or other things will buffet my descent. Wi