feeling free

tonight, i'm just feeling really free. i went running with joanne today and it was a blast. it felt so good to run around at an empty high school track and be as silly as we could. it felt so free to know that no matter how silly i was, she wouldn't judge me and she'd still love me.
tonight, i'm learning how to be free in my relationship with Jesus. not free in the sense that i can do whatever i want, but free in knowing that He accepts me just the way i am. He still loves me. now, instead of always feeling like i fall short, i can rest assured that no matter what i do, He still loves me. where i am lacking, His grace abounds more. i can now love Him back, secure and confident in His acceptance of me, not from a place of fear or performance. He loves me!