From Mark...

Here's a response from Mark...



So as a reply to the Blog:
First off I like it a lot! (I did not say love it because I am teaching Kylee and Ashton that love is something reserved for people...we like things we LOVE people!)

The idea is wonderful...jumping into the great journey God has for us. Wholeheartedly seeking after that which is unknown, pioneering the untapped wilderness of our souls and seeking what's out there just beyond our very own tiny boxes of reality...

...that doesn't make any sense
...I can't do that
...you can't do that
...what if God doesn't...
...we can't afford that...
...I would NEVER...
...it may have just been the voices in my head how do I know it was really GOD?

familiar...Good!

Thoughts from one much smarter than I...

"You would think that having unlimited options would be the platform for freedom, but that is often not the case. We have put so much emphasis on avoiding evil that we have become virtually blind to the endless opportunities for doing good. We have defined holiness through what we seperate ourselves from rather than what we give ourselves to. I am convinced the great tradegy is not the sins that we commit, but the life that we fail to live."
And just a few more thoughts...

"You can not follow God in neutral. God has created you to do something. It is not enough to stop the wrong and then be paralyzed when it comes to the right. God created you to do good. And doing this requires iniative. There is a subtle danger of hiding apathy behind piety. Getting rid of sin in your life? Great. Now it's time to do something."
---Erwin Mcmanus Chasing Daylight
So with these words we jump...with God as our witness and sanity and logic as our opposition. God called us to be free (John 8:36)..it does not stop there...
International Standard Version (©2008)
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!"
New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So if the Son sets you free, you will be absolutely free.
King James Bible
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
American King James Version
If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.
American Standard Version
If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Bible in Basic English
If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.
Douay-Rheims Bible
If therefore the son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.
Darby Bible Translation
If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free.
English Revised Version
If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Webster's Bible Translation
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Weymouth New Testament
If then the Son shall make you free, you will be free indeed.
World English Bible
If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
Young's Literal Translation
if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.
...just so we get the point!

We will be free indeed...Now, wasn't the word "FREE" enough...If Jesus said you are free isn't that enough...instead he throws in one more word (translated to english I understand...anyone know the greek on this???)...INDEED as if freedom to his listeners (and us the reader) was not enough. Like he knew they were not getting it..."free indeed". There is no exclamation point in any translation that I found so it is a matter of fact. He was not yelling or emphasizing his point. Jesus was just saying that's the way it is...the rain is going to fall, the sun is going to shine, the wind is going to blow, its like breathing it just...is...that...way.

This is for those who want their children's children telling stories of the crazy old grandparents, to the mother who feels like her only purpose is changing diapers and raising bratty kids, to the men who stand before God saying Lord, Send Me, Cheers to being living legends...indeed.

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