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Freedom: 
the state of being free or at liberty rather than
in confinement or under physical restraint.

 

This year, I had a few fun goals I thought I might try to check off of my list along the way and one of those was to bungee jump! I had heard that there was awesome bungee jumping in New Zealand and wanted to try to go ahead and do it before the year started, but never had time. I hoped for it later in the year and finally, the opportunity came when we reached Uganda and the squad had it planned for us to whitewater raft the Nile River and bungee jump if we wanted. Hope and I had dreamed of this day for as long as we could remember! We talked about it all along the way and how we would absolutely do it together if the opportunity arose and it was here!! We were finally doing it!! Yea!!

Well, I am so thankful that it took place when it did. God saved it for me to happen in month 8 because it symbolized much more than it would have in month 1. In month 1, we were just starting and I had surrendered my entire life to come on the trip and felt so good about it all. It just would have been a fun act to bungee jump and free fall through the air at the time. I was walking in freedom because I felt like I had been my entire life but it was not truly until month 7 that I was absolutely 100% walking in complete freedom and truth in my life. There was a release that happened within the month of Tanzania making me walk in more truth and more freedom than ever before. Something happened, something changed, shifted, moved and I was suddenly different. I had worked hard to hear from the Lord and seek after Him like never before and He had released me and rewarded me in who I am and what more He wants out of me. 

In Tanzania, I knew this experience would take place at the beginning of the following month and started to look for the song by Tom Petty, “Free Fallin'”!! I was absolutely craving the sound of that song. Although, it does not have much of the same meaning, the meaning for me meant what I wanted it to. We had sang that song for weeks leading up to the actual event and as we were standing on the ledge getting ready to jump off into the great wide open, we sang the lyrics to that song. I was looking down into the same river that Moses was on many years ago and taking the leap of faith with God one more time. As I flew through the air, surprisingly not so scared at all, I felt the difference in my being, the difference in who I am from the beginning of this trip until now. So, it might seem like we just found time to bungee jump in month 8, but I firmly believe that God chose for it to happen then instead of month 1 to symbolize the true freedom He had released me into. I am so thankful for the experience and will never be the same. What an experience it is to take the plunge, to jump off the ledge and trust that God is going to catch you. 

 
The Truth will set you Free! 
John 8:32
 
So, the question is…

Are you walking in the true freedom that God has for you?
 
Are you ready to take the leap of faith and jump when He asks you to?

 
The following video is a display of our awesome experience together and the blessing of an opportunity like this.