I had never even thought of being an ordained minister. When I began to sense God's calling in my own life, it was important to share that with my spouse. I experienced great freedom from the support and nurture that he gave me during the struggles to get to where I am today. I didn't just do what I wanted, but yoked together with him, we responded to God. Sharing each other's burdens, we have continued to grow into the people God has called us to be.
Freedom has a great deal to do with ones attitude.
Because we are inevitably yoked to something or someone, our freedom enters into the choice of who or whom that will be. Even in the worst of circumstances, if we choose to be yoked to Christ, we are truly free. We contemporary Americans value our independence, our freedom. Independence and freedom are great virtues. Yet even our freedom involves its own kind of servitude.