Can't Wait To Be Free

But I can't wait to be free
From this life of mindless sin that compromises me
I know one day I will be
There is a victory that You've won for me
And when You come back again
I'll be free

One of my closest friends, Gretchen, took this picture of me in college. Being a confidant, she knew a lot of the struggles that I was going through at the time. She titled the picture "can't wait to be free", as it was my heart's desire at the time to be free from the mindless sin that so plagued my life. There were moments when I could only hold on to the promise of Christ's return, knowing that at that moment, I would finally be free from the "sin that so easily entangles"*.

Ever since this picture, anytime that I take a picture with my arms open, the sun shining in my face and the wind blowing my hair I always get a glimpse of what this true freedom will feel like.  

And it is glorious.

*"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1

Free

by Jill Paquette

Take my life, make it clay
Shape this life in intricate ways
I want to be a child of faith
But what my heart wants most my body turns away
I push Your ways aside and wonder why I let pride decide every time
But I can't wait to be free
From this life of mindless sin that compromises me
I know one day I will be
There is a victory that You've won for me
And when You come back again
I'll be free

Turn my eyes to Your face
Let me draw from Your strength
And bathe in Your grace
Let me soar with wings to win this race
Let me have Your peace it's not a hopeless chase
'Cause I lose sight of all You have called me to be
And it takes so much to drop me to my knees

But I can't wait to be free
From this life of mindless sin that compromises me
I know one day I will be
There is a victory that You've won for me
And when You come back again
I'll be free

I know one day I will be
There is a victory that You've won for me
And when You come back again
I'll be free

Take my life, make it clay
Shape this life in intricate ways
I want to be a child of faith
But what my heart wants most my body turns away...

But I know one day I'll be free...