Abraham Lincoln went to visit a slave auction one day. He was appalled at the sights and sounds of people buying and selling other human beings that he observed and heard. His heart was especially drawn to one young woman on the block whose story was told in her eyes. She looked with hatred and contempt on everyone around her. She had been used and abused all of her life and this time on the trading block was just one more humiliation. The bidding began and Lincoln began to bid. As the bidding went up, he just bid a little higher. And a man even tried to top his bid, but Lincoln wouldn't be topped. Finally, he won and paid the auctioneer for the slave woman. "What are you going to do with me?" the slave woman asked Lincoln.
"I am going to set you free," said Lincoln.
"Free?" she asked, "Free for what?"
"Just free. Completely free."
"Free to do whatever I want?"
"Yes," Lincoln said, "free to do whatever you want."
"Free to go wherever I want?" asked the woman.
"Yes, free to go wherever you want."
"Well," said the woman with a smile, "I'm going with you."
That's the way our Lord Jesus is. When He comes into our lives, He frees us from all those things that we chase after to find security. But when we put Him in the center of our life, we are free and we grow and we become and we achieve and we succeed because we follow Him.
-- Rev. George Antonakos, Central Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, MD
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
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Thank you for your devotions over the years!
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Judy Tschappatt