I love getting something for free, don't you? I even enjoy the free food samples the super markets hand out now and then -- especially in the bakery department! I also enjoy "couponing" whether it results in a free product or cents off on various items.
I recall my mother telling how she played store as a child and offered one of her products "Free for 5 cents!"
As adults, we sometimes make promises to do this, that or the other -- all free, of course. And then we inadvertently (at least I hope it's inadvertently) break those promises by not keeping them. How betrayed we feel when someone we trusted doesn't follow through on a promise we assumed was made to us in good faith. Of course, when we're the ones who forget to keep a promise we made to another, we can always blame it on a "senior moment." Old age does have its perks, you know!
When it comes to "Spiritual Freebies," there's no end to the delights God offers us free: free salvation, free love, free mercy, free grace, free guidance, etc., etc. And the best part of spiritual freebies, of course, is that we never need worry about those promises being broken. We never need to be concerned that God will forget His Word.
One of my favorite spiritual freebies is, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). Another says, ""I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely" (Rev. 21:6b).
And remember, not only are we the recipients of spiritual freebies, but we can also be the givers of spiritual freebies. Matthew 10:8 clearly points out, "(F)reely ye have received, freely give."
So when we count our blessings -- and I hope you do that often -- don't forget to count your spiritual freebies.
Preacher's Kid
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