We have given a new name to the Project Rescue home in Moldova.
We are now Freedom Home.
Why the new name? Moldova is a very small country, and there are already several Home of Hopes, Hope Houses and other ministries with names very close. We needed to set ourselves apart.
So we began to pray about it, asking God to give us something that was right for us in this place.
An issue begin to emerge (or had always been there, but was staring us in the face at this point). Women would come to the house and after about a month, they would begin to complain saying that life here was prison because they couldn't go where they wanted, with whomever they wanted, and do whatever they wanted.
They didn't understand true freedom.
We began to talk to them about the truth of Scripture, "So if the Son sets you free, you are free indeed." (John 8:36) Still the concept remained elusive.
What we want and envision in the lives of the women is so much more than hope. We want them to have hope, but more than this, we want them to have freedom.
Freedom that brings joy.
Freedom that brings peace.
Freedom that brings hope.
Freedom that brings rest.
We want them to understand that true freedom is not physical. It is not where they are and what they can do, but true freedom comes when Christ Jesus sets them free from the pain of the past.
So with the new name we have an opportunity to begin talking about freedom to them as soon as they enter. We can talk to them about freedom in Christ and help them to understand why we have rules in the home. We can talk to them that we exist not just for a home for a time for them, but so that they can find true freedom for life.
Will you pray that the women of Freedom Home will find true freedom in their lives?
2 comments:
There is a wall that has been standing
Since the day that Adam fell
Sin is where it started
And Sin is why it held
Speakin as a prisoner
Who was there and lived to tell
I remember how it fell
I can here the sound of freedom
Like a distant voice who called
And beckon me to follow
Where i had never gone
And though my heart is willin'
I just stood there at the wall
Prayin somehow it would fall
But in a cross i found a doorway
And a hand that held a key
And when the chains fell at my feet
For the first time i could see
Chorus:
This is how it feels to be free
This is what it means to know that
I am forgiven
This is how it feels to be free
To see that life can be more than i imagined
This is how it feels to be free
This is how it feels to be free
There are days when i'm reminded
Of the prison i was in
Like a livin nightmare
Burning from the viel
I can feel the voice of evil
I can hear the call of sin
But i wont go back again
See, once i tasted freedom
Then the walls could bind no more
Since mercy gave me wings to fly
Like an eagle i can sore
repeat chorus
Somewhere there's a prison
Where the chains still burn
If not for the grace of god
Those walls could still be mine
So far all the captives are saved
I like the new name! It represents so well what you want the girls to have...freedom. Enjoy reading your blog and all God is doing there! Praying for you all!
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