March 30, 2016 6:00AM

This morning as I was having a chat with God…you know the one…thanking him for much and requesting some:)

As I was in this conversation the Lord shared something with me that I thought was worth sharing with you.

I saw a 3 walled prison cell. On each bar words were listed …they weren’t just any words…they were words of bondage…sin.

Behind these 3 barred walls was a person. This person was holding onto the bars and shaking them in distress. Then…all of a sudden…the person appears to repent of their sin and turns slightly to the left…only to be met with more bars with words of bondage on them. Again the person appears to repent and turns to the right…and turns further than they did when they turned to the left. In this act the person is yet again met with more bars and bondage. Feeling distraught the person turns again to the center wall of bars and merely hangs their head.

At that point is when God spoke something profound to me.

Repentance without turning away from the sin and bondage will only leave us facing different sin and bondage. We must repent and COMPLETELY turn away from those things and when we do that we will notice that there is NO 4th wall! What should have been a 4th wall of bars that would have completely closed us in is gone. Why is it gone? It is gone because the blood of Jesus covers it. Jesus paid the price so we would not have to remain prisoners. He paid the price so we could have freedom. All we need to do is….

Repent from our sin and COMPLETELY turn from those things that bind us. When we do that we can walk like a free person and experience Peace, Contentment, Joy and Calmness in our lives.

As it states in Acts 3:19…Repent, then, and turn to God, so that refreshing may come from the Lord.

(I did my ‘primitive’ attempt at illustrating what I saw. It isn’t pretty…but I think it still speaks volumes.)