{"id":719,"date":"2006-03-12T22:53:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-12T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2006\/03\/bound-to-be-free.html"},"modified":"2006-03-12T22:53:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-12T22:53:00","slug":"bound-to-be-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2006\/03\/bound-to-be-free.html","title":{"rendered":"BOUND TO BE FREE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In freedom there\u2019s a bondage<br \/>Which leads to endless choice.<br \/>In bondage there\u2019s a freedom<br \/>Excusing loss of voice.<\/p>\n<p>What frees a person shows us<br \/>What bound them long before.<br \/>What binds a person demonstrates<br \/>The thing she loves the more.<\/p>\n<p>Commitment and concession<br \/>Contrast in this respect<br \/>One\u2019s accepted freely<br \/>The other with regret.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom is hardly freeing<br \/>If only freedom from.<br \/>What good is escaping evil<br \/>And missing Kingdom come?<\/p>\n<p>Freedom from\u2019s inadequate<br \/>Unless there\u2019s freedom for.<br \/>What good is no encumbrances<br \/>Without an open door?<\/p>\n<p>Redemption\u2019s more than freedom<br \/>From chains that bind the heart.<br \/>It\u2019s also a fresh purpose,<br \/>A goal, a brand new start.<\/p>\n<p>The yokes we cast off tell us<br \/>The things that held us down.<br \/>The yokes we take up freely<br \/>Remind us where we\u2019re bound.<\/p>\n<p>No matter our opinions<br \/>The truth will set us free.<br \/>For freedom I have been released<br \/>To bind my heart to Thee.<\/p>\n<p>BW3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In freedom there\u2019s a bondageWhich leads to endless choice.In bondage there\u2019s a freedomExcusing loss of voice. What frees a person shows usWhat bound them long before.What binds a person demonstratesThe thing she loves the more. Commitment and concessionContrast in this respectOne\u2019s accepted freelyThe other with regret. Freedom is hardly freeingIf only freedom from.What good is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BOUND TO BE FREE - The Bible and Culture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2006\/03\/bound-to-be-free.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BOUND TO BE FREE - The Bible and Culture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In freedom there\u2019s a bondageWhich leads to endless choice.In bondage there\u2019s a freedomExcusing loss of voice. 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