August 26, 2004 (c) ALl Rights Resrved. "I've got a Butterfinger in my pocket!" The German exchange student leaned into the table where my son was sitting and whispered his secret with great excitement. My son and his friends looked up from their food thinking they hadn't heard what the boy with the hick German accent had said. My son said, "So?" The boy repeated again with eyes dancing, "I have a Butterfinger in my pocket!" One teenager said, "Are you mental?" The exchange student said, "I bought it out of the candy machine. It's illegal to have one, but I just bought one out of the candy machine!" My son just shook his head. "What are you talking about?" Now confused, the student said, "Isn't it illegal to sell Butterfingers?" "No." replied the other youths. "Oh, well it is in Germany." The boy went on to explain that the government felt like there was an ingredient in the candy bar that kept certain medicine from working properly so the bar is outlawed for sale. After the exchange student went to get his lunch he came back and grinned, knowing he'd just been laughed at and said with good humor, "I've got a Butterfinger in my pocket!" After my son told me that story, we went to mid-week services at our church. As the pastor preached I thought about our freedoms. If we are free in the Lord, we are free indeed! How often I've been excited over my freedoms in Christ and what He's doing in me that I've wanted to share it with those who take their freedoms for granted. I want to say, "I've got Jesus in my heart!" (aka I've got a Butterfinger in my pocket!) When the love and joy of the Lord is swelling in my heart, I've often tried to share it even with other Christians only to be told, "So!" or "Are you mental?" I'm glad that worshiping my Father in heaven isn't illegal. I'm glad that anyone can have access to Him through his Son Jesus Christ. Praise the Lord I don't have to put Him in my pocket but can shine my light for all to see!