A reader emailed me, asking, “Why don’t you blog about ‘You get what you pay for’?” I want to turn this around by saying, “You may get what you had not bargained for.”
This idea makes me think of a store that advertises, "Cheapest brakes in town". My response, "I don't think so! It's the difference between what I paid to get a job done and the result of the service that was provided. It is the difference between, “Mr. Right and, Mr. Right, NOW’. The chase for the next best deal can easily lead to the bondage of reading, “Insufficient Funds”. We aren’t meant to be bound or enslaved. Incarceration describes an environment devoid of passion, freedom, or hope.
Those in bondage often get ‘what they had not bargained for’. Those in bondage lack mental mobility, relational transparency and emotional freedom. Those in bondage live in fear that their lies will be exposed. Those is bondage do not recognize they live with blind spots and that, people know things about them, that they do not know about themselves.
You can’t buy your freedom, and you cannot afford to live without it. Freedom is not just an idea; it’s a deep voice that tells us that something is not right. I have experienced the feeling of bondage, and I never want to endure it again. When bondage becomes the ‘new norm’, the invitation to liberation, when it finally arrives, is often resisted. This may be hard to grasp, but in all my years of working in the field of addiction, I speak from experience.
“You get what you pay for”… maybe. But when it comes to what Jesus has already paid for you, when you accept his freedom, you receive more than you could ever anticipate. It's a feeling of relief and, a sense of peace that surpasses all understanding!
This idea makes me think of a store that advertises, "Cheapest brakes in town". My response, "I don't think so! It's the difference between what I paid to get a job done and the result of the service that was provided. It is the difference between, “Mr. Right and, Mr. Right, NOW’. The chase for the next best deal can easily lead to the bondage of reading, “Insufficient Funds”. We aren’t meant to be bound or enslaved. Incarceration describes an environment devoid of passion, freedom, or hope.
Those in bondage often get ‘what they had not bargained for’. Those in bondage lack mental mobility, relational transparency and emotional freedom. Those in bondage live in fear that their lies will be exposed. Those is bondage do not recognize they live with blind spots and that, people know things about them, that they do not know about themselves.
You can’t buy your freedom, and you cannot afford to live without it. Freedom is not just an idea; it’s a deep voice that tells us that something is not right. I have experienced the feeling of bondage, and I never want to endure it again. When bondage becomes the ‘new norm’, the invitation to liberation, when it finally arrives, is often resisted. This may be hard to grasp, but in all my years of working in the field of addiction, I speak from experience.
“You get what you pay for”… maybe. But when it comes to what Jesus has already paid for you, when you accept his freedom, you receive more than you could ever anticipate. It's a feeling of relief and, a sense of peace that surpasses all understanding!