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Gratitude
The telltale sign of a heart that is free is thanksgiving. Gratitude in every circumstance is the sign of a heart that sees clearly what is a blessing and is free from fear, sadness, and anger over what is not. Especially in moment of pain, loss, and persecution only the truly free person can be grateful for life, love, and eternal salvation. The only things of reality.
Death beds are the place where this freedom is most evident or it's absence is so obvious. At the end of life when everything has been "taken away" the one who is grateful sees rightly. For the grateful heart, everything except sin is gift, grace, and blessing. So gratitude is the only response.
What has imprisoned your heart? What are you NOT grateful for?
