Until you unbind your Christmas package and remove the colorful paper and maybe a bow, the present remains a stored treasure, a box full of potential fun or beauty or practicality. I might put a box in your hands that shames all other boxes, but if you don't open it, it remains bound up inside, a box of possibilities. The act of unbinding is in your hands, literally.
We bind many things on earth. The things we bind wrapped in tradition, such as marriage, birthday celebrations, and holidays are approached with fanfare and emotion, so we consciously know that they are binding. Some things are evidenced as bound by legal paperwork or special documents, such as contracts and wills. We know they are binding. However, sometimes we sign an agreement, without reading it, and we're shocked because we inadvertently find we have committed to something unknowingly. Does that mean we aren't bound to the agreement? It may take lawyers and courtrooms to decide, and the unbinding is usually not done with ease. Therefore, until a higher power says otherwise, we are bound. It behooves us to be careful of our bindings, especially since we are told that what we bind on earth is bound in heaven, and what we loose on earth is loosed in heaven. I think those words weigh heavily. On a scale much bigger than Judge Judy, we are accountable to a higher power for everything we've bound and unbound.
Exactly where is this heaven where all things are bound? I don't know, except it's where God is. I have hints from scripture that it's not just a place far away but here on earth and even within us. Could it be everywhere that God resides? Is there any place untouched by his presence? That is why I say the statement, "what is bound on earth..." is heavy- and binding. I think one way we bind things is through deeply felt prayers of emotion or deep, emotional communication, with or without words. The Bible tells us the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Effectual and fervent indicate deeply felt emotions. I would say to all, watch yourself. Deeply felt emotions connect directly with God, binding our will in the heavens. Make sure to bind what you want bound and to clearly unbind what you want unbound. That verse not only adds the creator God to the math, it also indicates the immense power given to each of us. I think in order to be more mindful of our heavenly agreements we should guard our thoughts and emotions by staying attuned to them. We may be wrapping and taping a box full of potential we had no intention of binding.
Possibly a new perspective... Peace. Love, Linda 
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