Helium Balloons of the Spirit

As in the last term, we start each day with  a devotional from Jesus Calling,  by Sarah Young. One morning this week we read this one, "Live in My light." (Yes, I know it's not the month of May.)

The kids heard the metaphor of shame, guilt, self-pity, etc... being rocks in a backpack weighing us down, then they immediately made a new metaphor: love, mercy, forgiveness, etc... must be helium balloons that lift us up when we trust in Christ's death for our forgiveness.

So I think we have a new modern-day parable. I'm sure Jesus would have spoken about helium balloons when he taught about freedom from sin, only in His time period no one would have understood!