How freeing is the verse above about freedom. No matter where we are, no matter what we are doing, there the Spirit of the Lord is, and a choice open to us in every situation to CHOOSE freedom. freedom from sins we might be about to commit. Freedom from saintly acts we might be about to ignore. Freedom everywhere if we choose it.
In the same paragraph that Paul is speaking of this access to freedom he is also speaking about his own kindred race; the Hebrew leaders of his time and their own patriarch of all time, Moses. Moses, he says, knew no freedom in the Lord. He only knew the law. He covered his face so the radiance God gave him as a sign of this freedom would not frighten those who saw him each time he came out from God's presence.
We who come after the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ know better. We are to let our light shine! As a beacon to others of our freedom. As a sign to all that the glow on our face is not frightening, but attracting.
May your glow shine forth as a light to your neighbors: at home and at work, in the store and even at church. 'Shine, Jesus, Shine!'... FREELY through us!
-Ken
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