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"Look at her!" said Giraffe, as he stood with his friends watching Butterfly flutter from flower to flower in the garden. "She flies so easily.....she seems so free!" said Cow. And they watched in awe and a little envious, wishing they too could have such freedom.


"But we are free," offered Hippo, "we live in a free country and the constitution says we are free, so we are....aren't we?
"Do you feel free?" asked Mouse, "cause I don't." And they all nodded sadly in agreement. Then little Mouse shyly stepped forward and gathering up her courage she asked Butterfly, "We are all supposed to be free but we don't feel very free, so why do you look as though you really are free?
"I am free because my Heavenly Father has set me free. He did that when I became a Christian," Butterfly said with a smile.

"Horse-feathers!" said Giraffe, "how can Christians be free with all those rules and thou-shalt-nots hanging over their heads? I don't want nobody telling me what's right and what's wrong. If it feels good, do it....as I always say!"


"Well let me see if I can explain this......," said Butterfly. God in His infinite wisdom created us all with free will. We can choose to think and act as we please. But at the same time, He set moral and ethical guidelines, and because we have a soul, we will always feel a twinge of guilt or a pang of remorse if we ignore those guidelines. Something deep down will be telling us that we have done something wrong....that is our conscious speaking. And if we listen to our conscious we will begin to feel guilty and maybe even a little sad. We can ignore our conscious, but a day will come when all those immoral acts or lack of ethics will cause pain to us or someone we love. Guilt is a heavy burden, my friends, and no one can feel really free with a big load of guilt."


"Hmmm," said Cow, remembering how she had been feeling all day after the "incident" with her neighbor. What's a little guilt, it's just one of those things you have to live with, I'll get over it!"


"Well," replied Butterfly, "what if there was a way to be free of the guilt and the nagging feeling that you are not as good as you want to be?"


"No way!" squeaked Mouse. "Are you telling us there is a way to be free of guilt?"


"That is just what I am saying," replied Butterfly. You see, when Jesus died He paid the price of atonement for all our guilt and Christians know this. It is the truth that sets us free." And seeing Mouse trying to hide a snicker, Butterfly continued, "Hard to believe, isn't it? But it is true....it is indeed what makes me free.....try it, you might like yourself more." And with that she flew on about her happy journey in the garden.
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