Hailee and I recently went to a restaurant and were treated to a free breakfast.
Why?
A cockroach ran underneath our table.
It completely freaked Hailee out and she sat with her legs up on the booth seat across from her.
We weren’t mean or angry, we let the manager know quietly and she said the meal was on the house.
Nice.
People offer free stuff all the time.
Just check out the free listing at Craigslist.
This is one of the things you can get for free….
“Hello there. I posted this under free. We are a non profit organization, a qualified, well trained, experienced and very professional paranormal research team. We are looking and accepting cases, whether it’s residential, public or any place that u believe to be haunted. and if these issues are causing fear amongst family friends and household we are trained to verify. prove or disprove and collect and analyses evidence to support or make your mind at ease. We are a team that has been in the same seats as most clients. in fear and searching for answers. so with that said if u or any one u know needs help or answers this is my cell ….. only serious inquiries please. also we are looking to build our team.”
Interesting….
Often even things that are free come with a price.
If it usually sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
Even with faith, someone had to pay the price.
Jesus said this in John 8:31-32…”If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Jesus was talking to a group of Jews who believed in what he was talking about and this is what he said afterwards.
If you hold to the teaching of Jesus, you are his followers.
The truth will set you free.
I have heard a lot over the years.
By parents, teachers, leaders and I know I have said it through the years.
There is a cost when you tell the truth.
Sometimes it doesn’t make people happy.
The truth can hurt, but there are benefits to this.
A burden gets lifted off your chest when telling the truth.
The disciples told the truth and had to face the consequences.
All they had to do in their lives was denounce their faith and what they saw Jesus did.
If they lie, they would be allowed to live otherwise face some strong punishment….death.
They told the truth and died in painful ways.
Yet they were free.
When we carry guilt and lies around, it might not show, but we are a struggle inside.
What Jesus did and said was the truth.
When we recognize that he died on the cross and was risen from the grave three days later we are telling the truth.
Living life for Jesus is an amazing challenge.
It is very hard to live out our faith sometimes, and we fail more than we succeed.
But if you believe Jesus is the truth, he will set us free from our sins and reward us with eternal life.
Jesus can set us free.
Have a great day.
