Amanda Knox Aquitted

Earlier today it was announced that Amanda Knox was aquitted of murder in Italy. I haven't followed this story very closely, but what I did know about it led me to believe that this kid was innocent. I wept when I heard she was to be set free.

My reaction caught me off guard. Why was I weeping? The simple answer is freedom. I have a tough time knowing people are in bondage, especially if it is unjustified. People around the world are in prison for no reason at all. I guess when I heard Amanda was freed it touched that part of me that wants to see every innocent person freed, and the guilty find their way to repentence.

The famous verse, John 3:16, is God's desire to see mankind set free from it's bondage to sin and death. He saw the chains that bound us to darkness and sent His son, Jesus Christ, to illuminate our need for a Savior. And not just that, but to provide that Savior so that we could be free!

If the Spirit of God is within you, you will want everyone you know and meet to have this same freedom. It is the ultimate freedom a man can have. And, he can have it simply by believing.

It's time to dust off the old Bible and to start reading it again. Why? Those who wrote it were inspired by the Holy Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom!