Freedom

What do you do when you find yourself in a hopeless situation? How do you handle it when the tide has turned on you? When you find yourself in an oppressive situation? When those in authority want to silence your voice, what can be done? We have all faced moments when everything seemed lost. When our ship has sunk, and the air is running low. Perhaps at that moment, you felt as though God abandoned you too. It is not uncommon for us to think and feel this way.

Thankfully amid his darkness, the apostle Paul refused to allow the light of God's presence to be snuffed out. Religious rulers of his day wanted to silence his voice, and they did, but only for a brief moment. What ensued from his imprisonment was four letters we still have today. Instead of silencing his voice, they gave voice to the letters we know as the prison epistles.

We live in a broken world with broken people, and because of this brokenness, many of us find ourselves imprisoned by the events of life. I want to share with you that there is hope, there is an escape, and there is freedom to be found. Not only from life's circumstances, but as we go through life's circumstances.