Living Untethered: Relinquishing Control to God

  “ Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them. Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven. So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. ” ( Matthew 18:2–4 , NLT) Become like children. When is the last time you watched children at play? We live near a school and when we drive or walk by during recess it is a glorious sight and sound to behold: ripples of laughter echo off the buildings, chimes of joy fill the air, cheers reverberate across the playground during a game of ‘lava tag’. Even during this crazy season of Covid, the kids are playing games on the playground, swinging with friends, or just sitting and chatting. There is a carefree spirit in the air. As children of God, are we experiencing this kind of joy? Can we also join in the laughter and play? What would it be like to live carefree? I was vi...

  As I was sitting in our suite looking at the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains on November 11, I was struck with the freedom and peace I enjoy every day, and the cost for that freedom. So many gave their lives to buy the freedom I enjoy. We are experiencing those costly freedoms being taken away one at a time. We seem to be fighting against the government restrictions put on us during this COVID-19 pandemic. I’m wondering if it is more in response to the freedoms we have been losing over the past decade – freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to be heterosexual – than it is about this pandemic. The restrictions we are being asked to follow are the last straw. We are done, we are tired and weary and just want life to be simple and free, like it used to be. What is freedom? Freedom for whom? It seems one man’s freedom infringes on another man’s freedom. So, freedom can’t really mean ‘the right to do as I please’ because there’s anarchy in that and history has recorded f...