One of my favorite aspects of motherhood is learning from my sons. Observing them in action reveals so much about who we are as humans before we mask ourselves behind our failures and pressures.

Watch my boy dance and you will see FREEDOM! We were jamming out to a TobyMac album. That boy was singing incomprehensible words totally convinced he had them spot on. His moves flowed seamlessly from Micheal Jackson to epileptic monkey and back again. It was as if no one was watching. But in reality, he was doing it all for his audience: “Look, Mom. Watch this!”

What if….

We lived in that type of freedom. If we caught what John 8:36 teaches: “If the Son sets you free…. you are free indeed.” In Christ, we are not bound by our past, our mistakes, our sin, or our insecurity. We are free to dance. To live in the security of grace. To live in a manner that says

“Hey, Dad, Watch this! “