The beauty, the warmth and the lure of summer are officially and fully upon us.
It is amazing how quickly the grey skies and rain can be wiped from memory when we enter this amazing summer weather.
If we are sitting at a desk through these hot days we can hardly wait to get outside. The spontaneity of heading to the beach or hitting the open road, the vacation time off seems to take over our every thought.
Yet we find ourselves caught in the pressure of deadlines, the push of work imposed expectations, family schedule responsibilities.
Structured frameworks of life that so are necessary, which provide the financial resources to plan and enjoy our free time, that establishes the relationships through which we share
the adventures and memories.
In spite of these vital structures we yearn for that spontaneity, that freedom, which all too often is only a fleeting moment that makes us, crave more.
It's such a rat race, like being stuck on a treadmill going nowhere.
Instead of being torn between our human desires and needs Paul directs our attention what true freedom is.
In Roman's 6: 16 we read, "Offer yourselves to sin (selfish human desire), for instance, and it's your last free act. But offer yourselves to the ways of God and the freedom never quits."
The Message: When we allow ourselves to be a blessing to others we find that we are blessed in return. If it's a beautiful day outside, all the better.
