We’re All Slaves, Aren’t We?
Slave to approval
Slave to expectations
Slave to food
Slave to exercise
Slave to attention
Slave to success
Slave to image
Slave to the internet
Slave to social status
Slave to money
Slave to relationships
Slave to friendships
Slave to goals
Slave to dreams
Slave to music
Slave to art
Slave to materialism
Slave to thoughts
Slave to self
Slave to …
More and more, I have come to the realization that we are
all slaves.
For me, I may not be in a physical or sexual bondage like
the girls and women we minister to here in Phuket, but I am a slave to my
thoughts and perceptions.
There have been countless times that I have thought, “If
only I were skinnier…if only I were smarter…if only I were more accomplished…if
only I were wittier…if only I were faster…if only I were more coordinated…if
only I was ‘good enough’…if only I were musically talented…if only I were
wealthier…if only…I was a better writer…”
I am beginning to ‘take captive’ these thoughts and
perceptions that have controlled my life for far too long. But more than that,
I am beginning to give them up to God, Who only sees perfection when He sees
me.
