freedom

I have recently become friends with a spanish bloke called Angel, cool name eh, and yesterday at work I was entering into one of my long monologues on the beginnings of the first world war, etc.........,when I thought of Angel, not getting what I was talking about, so I decided to ask him about life under Franco, and if life is better now or then, he said that yes they were now more free, but now they have too much freedom, and it has begun to corrupt.

I really get what he means, I cannot condone the Franco regime, or the slaughter, especially during the civil war, but what is freedom today.

It is like my post yesterday, about my son, the freedoms he enjoys( or doesn't as the case may be), like the tv, pc, time with his friends, masses of food, education, these are freedoms, then why do they cause him anxiety aged 8. What generation is being raised, watch what you wear, eat, drink, Do as you are told, Listen to the media, socialising involves the family around the tv, relationships built on a pc (yes I know, wait for it), IS THIS FREEDOM.

I personally think it is like spiderman, 'with great power comes great responibility', well freedom comes with responsibility, it is not something to shove down peoples throats, so that tribal indians can have a mcdonalds while learning to read and write. It is not something you can demand of everybody, I think that is stupid, just looking at things through a western liberal viewpoint,(not that I am against western liberals), we believe ours is the the best way of life, because we can consume so much, whether it be food, media, homes, luxuries. Well done us, we forgot about living. That is why so many peoples hearts are crying out, for what else, its like I can get something new, a house, a car, a pet, a holiday home, and then what, where is this freedom taking us.

Jesus set me free, by setting me free, I gave up my will to him, he set me free to serve, is that a contradiction, I hope so. He sets free on the inside and plants something there which grows, so that you want to set others free by being like him who released you, and being full, well he said it himself, John 6:35 'I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.'