Good morning friends,
I had contemplated not writing this week but as I talk to Jesus about, I feel compelled to share .
There is no personal art for this writing as I am still in the midst of processing some deeper healing work.
I believe most of you are quite familiar with the amazing song, “No Longer Slaves.” Like many well known and loved songs of worship, the true line by line meaning can be lost in the repetition of it. Or deeper healing brings deeper absortion of these truths that stand the test of time.
I came home yesterday after a phenomenal appointment and listened to this song with different ears. The healing time was amazing , excruciatingly painful and beautifully miraculous.
As I listened, I celebrated. I grieved lost things. I felt the magnitude of the depravity of our world and our need for Jesus. I came face to face with all that I have gained and all that I have lost in my young life.
Mostly, my heart and soul were consumed with gratitude. I wept over the amazing victory that Jesus has brought to my life and my story. I wept over the evil intentions and manipulations that are also a part of my story.
In that place, I sang this song with all the breath in me, years and years of grief poured out. Years of anguish, guilt and regret. I sang until my eyes stung and my throat closed up from the volume of tears. I thought the tears would never stop. 53 years = lots of tears.
Then…I pondered the very words as I expelled the grief to embrace the love and the gratitude and the intention of my God in my life.
I encourage you to really read the words of this beautiful song.
“No Longer Slaves”
You unravel me with a melody
You surround me with a song
Of deliverance from my enemies
‘Til all my fears are gone
I’m no longer a slave to fear- (fear no longer rules. Perfect love casts out all fear)
I am a child of God
From my mother’s womb- (yes, friends from the womb and before, He chose us. Earthly vessels and their bodies carried our lives, our beings into this world… but Jesus, He is the creator)
You have chosen me
Love (JESUS) has called my name
I’ve been born again (Beloved Reborn ;_) ) to my family
Your blood flows through my veins- (Creator God, Ruler of the universe. His blood. HIS purpose)
I’m no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I am surrounded
By the arms of the Father
I am surrounded
By songs of deliverance
We’ve been liberated
From our bondage
We’re the sons and the daughters
Let us sing our freedom
You split the sea
So I could walk right through it (He does the miraculous and gives us impossible gifts)
My fears are drowned in perfect love
You rescued me
And I will stand and sing
I am a child of God
Yes, I am
I am a child of God
I am a child of God
Trauma wraps itself around and through us. It traps us in dark places but Jesus knows where we are. He knows everywhere we have been. He knows all our deep dark secrets. He knows the truth that He chose us from before our birth to love and serve Him alone and love others out of the fullness of His love.
Isaiah 26:13- O LORD our God, others have ruled us, but you alone are the one we worship.
Friends, I want to encourage you that there is nothing too big for Him. Nothing too dark. Nothing too wicked. Nothing, NOTHING. Nothing impossible.
Lies about who we are , why we are here, what our purpose is and what our value is can all be healed with the truth of who He says that we are.
But…we must be willing to part the curtains of our hearts , souls and mind so that He can restore the truth in us. So that He can heal.
Take heart my courageous friends, joy comes in the morning. Honor the place you are and the courage you have had in your journey and know that nothing is too big for Him.
We are no longer slaves ♡
Until next time, Beloved-Reborn ♡