Free?

"As I sit her in the window of this cottage I can see a sailboat skimming silently along the horizon. It is a beautiful image of freedom. But the freeom of the sailboat to move so swiftly and beautifully is the result of obedience to laws. The builder of the boat had to know the proper ratio of beam to keel and mast. The one one sails the boat obeys the rule of sailing. A ship tacking against the wind moves deviously, but when she runs with a strong tide or a following wind she takes to herself the power of tide and wind and they become her own. She is doing the thing she was made for. She is free not by disobeying the rules but by obeying them." - Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

I have struggled for so long with what it means for a Christian to have freedom. Obeying laws never seemed very free to me. But I found that not obeying them left me feeling burdened and even more enslaved. This analogy nailed it for me!

Wish I could write more, but I am going to be late for class. I have been working with 5 year-olds in a classroom at the UT Child Laboratory. This is one of my last weeks to be with them. I am going to miss these little people!