Unbound

Will you forgive me again, Lord? I have caused you pain, yet you still love me. You seem just beyond my reach, but I keep walking toward you. Doubt stirs, but I fight it. I want to shed all the barriers keeping me from you, all those times of defiance, fear, and uncertainty. 

With trembling hands, I remove all the trappings of this world. I shed all the clothing of guilt and shame and all the lies holding me from you. I peel away the layers of pride, one by one until my own nakedness humbles me. I’m unclothed and unbound, free of all pretense in your presence. You see me as you made me. 

 

Oh, Father, I see you. You have already forgiven me. Why did I ever doubt what you have done?

Thank you Lord, for saving my soul
Thank you Lord, for making me whole;
Thank you Lord, for giving to me
Thy great salvation so rich and free.

Thank you, Jesus, for redeeming me! Thank you for such a rich inheritance. I’m forgiven! My sins are no more. I don’t have to live enslaved to the lies that keep me from you, Father. Without shame, I come freely to you. I’m not free to sin, but free from sin. I stand naked before you washed clean by your Son’s precious blood.

“Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed” (John 8:36).

Jesus, you are the way back to Eden—the way back to life. Thank you for restoring me with the gift of your precious blood. I will never make light of it. I’m unbound by your grace, blood of your blood forever. I’m free to be my Father’s own.