Sunday| May 26, 2024
Romans 8:15
Blessed are the poor in spirit.
The Most Holy Trinity
Free From Fear
The 9-year-old boy had been making progress with his swimming but still had a way to go. His parents and I (his grandmother) did what we could: cajoled, encouraged, bribed. There were lessons. But fear was hard to overcome.
But then I noticed a pattern evolving. At the brink of every step forward—putting his face in the water, going under, jumping in—he would resist us. But then, left on his own, he’d go off to a section of the pool and work on it, whatever it was. And invariably, he’d master it. In freedom.
The spiritual life is more complex than that scene at the pool. But there’s one important similarity: Our growth—our real, sometimes even radical, growth—only comes out of a place that’s not of enslavement or fear but in the freedom that Christ gives.
Loving God, free me from fear so I may draw closer to you in freedom.
- Amy Welborn
Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40 • Psalm 33:4-6, 9, 18-20, 22 • Romans 8:14-17 • Matthew 28:16-20
