A while back I made a post about the quote “I’m here because the truth is worth the risk.” Now, I’m back to ask “Will you risk it?” I’ve been wrestling with the question of freedom. Freedom comes with many dangers. It can be abused and cause a great deal of harm. It can be used properly and create great lives. Freedom, at the core, unleashes potential: potential for life and potential for death. God created a world of freedom. We can freely choose life or death. Our freedom can become the our greatest ally or our worst enemy. It can allow us to live our life to the fullest and bless multitudes of people. It can also allow us to live our lives to the worst and wound multitudes of people. God sets before us life and death and asks us time and time again to choose life! This choice is essential to love, because it is impossible to truly love without choice. True love cannot be forced or manipulated. It must well up from within us. It must overflow from our  deepest self, from all parts of our being: heart, soul, mind, strength. My last post about our journey of pain was a first step into a journey of freedom as well. It is a journey containing our past hurts as well as our possible futures. We have the ability to take these steps toward God in freedom.