Photo ©2025 by Amber Jurgensen
Commentary ©2025 by Russell Jurgensen
Thursday, November 27, 2025
My wife and I stopped just up the street from our house for her to catch this candid photo of two Elk. It is a bit rare to spot these large animals in a residential neighborhood, so she was excited to get a little photographic evidence. One tell-tale feature of these Elk is their lighter colored backsides.
It made me think about these large animals living free in the woods even amid dangers posed by neighborhood fences, dogs, and other obstacles. What does it mean for people to be free? I’m sure there are many definitions.
One definition of freedom that stands out in my mind comes from these verses.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galations 5:22,23
When there is no law against something, then it means we are free to do it. We can go wild. Well maybe not exactly wild. But free in a natural state of being. Even though we don’t always achieve these goals, at least we can keep trying and trusting in Jesus to give us strength to be truly free.