I am free. I am ransomed. I've never felt this way before, like a slave set free who was born a slave and never knew what freedom was like.
Frank E. Peretti Piercing the Darkness
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The quote expresses a profound sense of liberation and redemption. The speaker, who compares themselves to a slave who has only just experienced freedom for the first time, conveys a powerful emotional transformation. It highlights the contrast between a life of bondage and the fresh experience of being free, evoking the deep relief and joy that accompanies such a significant change in one's existence.

This feeling of freedom and being ransomed suggests not only physical release but also spiritual renewal. It captures the essence of breaking free from past constraints, whether they be emotional, physical, or spiritual. The imagery of being born into slavery yet suddenly finding freedom underscores the idea that true liberation can feel entirely new and overwhelming, marking a pivotal moment in the speaker's life journey.

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Tom, remember my last letter, when I talked about guilt? I haven't forgotten any of those thoughts; as a matter of fact, they are still churning in my head, and I don't know where they will eventually carry me. Since I last wrote, I did come up with one challenging proposition about guilt: that it could be a fact, and not just a feeling.
Frank E. Peretti Piercing the Darkness
Tom, remember my last letter, when I talked about guilt? I haven't forgotten any of those thoughts; as a matter of fact, they are still churning in my head, and I don't know where they will eventually carry me. Since I last wrote, I did come up with one challenging proposition about guilt: that it could be a fact, and not just a feeling.
The Strongman continued his mental review. And the petty little saints in the town were . . . obscure, don't you see, far from help, far from the mainstream, alone amid the rolling farmlands . . . unknown. It was a perfect place to begin the process. His beastly face grew tight and bitter. Until they started praying. Until they ceased being so comfortable and started weeping before God! Until they began to reclaim the power of the . . . The Strongman sealed his lips. The Cross? the aide volunteered.
Frank E. Peretti Piercing the Darkness
The Strongman continued his mental review. And the petty little saints in the town were . . . obscure, don't you see, far from help, far from the mainstream, alone amid the rolling farmlands . . . unknown. It was a perfect place to begin the process. His beastly face grew tight and bitter. Until they started praying. Until they ceased being so comfortable and started weeping before God! Until they began to reclaim the power of the . . . The Strongman sealed his lips. The Cross? the aide volunteered.
Nevertheless, as we follow the invisible warfare swirling around the life of one wounded, searching sinner, the core message rings clear: No amount of lies, no matter how cleverly couched, will ever outstrip or outlast God's truth, nor will any lie ever outreach His grace. The Lord knows those who are His, His sheep hear His voice, and the arm of
Frank E. Peretti Piercing the Darkness
Nevertheless, as we follow the invisible warfare swirling around the life of one wounded, searching sinner, the core message rings clear: No amount of lies, no matter how cleverly couched, will ever outstrip or outlast God's truth, nor will any lie ever outreach His grace. The Lord knows those who are His, His sheep hear His voice, and the arm of
I am free. I am ransomed. I've never felt this way before, like a slave set free who was born a slave and never knew what freedom was like.
Frank E. Peretti Piercing the Darkness
I am free. I am ransomed. I've never felt this way before, like a slave set free who was born a slave and never knew what freedom was like.
I will go to the saints first. Already there is plenty in Bacon's Corner for them to be upset about, plenty to divide them. I will keep them busy censuring and smiting each other, and then their hearts will be far from praying. He
Frank E. Peretti Piercing the Darkness
I will go to the saints first. Already there is plenty in Bacon's Corner for them to be upset about, plenty to divide them. I will keep them busy censuring and smiting each other, and then their hearts will be far from praying. He
TAL HAD TO laugh. Hardly presentable! Wasn't it strange, the way humans looked at themselves with eyes of flesh and not of the Spirit? Certainly that dear woman had been through mire and filth of every degree; she was scarred, exhausted, ragged, and dirty. But to the angels, she appeared as God Himself saw her, just as any other redeemed saint of the living God: pure, shining, clean, dressed in garments as white as snow.
Frank E. Peretti Piercing the Darkness
TAL HAD TO laugh. Hardly presentable! Wasn't it strange, the way humans looked at themselves with eyes of flesh and not of the Spirit? Certainly that dear woman had been through mire and filth of every degree; she was scarred, exhausted, ragged, and dirty. But to the angels, she appeared as God Himself saw her, just as any other redeemed saint of the living God: pure, shining, clean, dressed in garments as white as snow.
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Free is he who does not even know that he is free, nor that freedom exists, nor that prison exists. Free is not he who is beyond good and evil, but outside the obsessions of freedom and prison. To want to have no desires is still to have one desire: that very desire to have no desires. Free, not even free, nor even unfree, free is the one who lives in any case, the one who neither accepts nor refuses to live, the one for whom living and dying is the same.
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