On the way back from church camp, I saw a song pop up on my phone and decided to listen to it, and though it wasn’t written with Jubilee in mind, it ended up capturing the heart of this year’s camp theme in a way that surprised me. Jubilee is about freedom—God’s promise to restore, redeem, and release us from bondage—but as I listened, I realized that true freedom doesn’t come without struggle. The song spoke to the brokenness of the world, the weight of suffering, and the deep ache for justice, peace, and the presence of God in dark places. And that’s exactly what Jubilee is meant to address: not just a time of celebration, but a radical overturning of oppression and despair. Sometimes, before we can live free, we have to come face to face with the things that hold us captive—fear, pain, disappointment, sin—and allow God to break those chains, even when it hurts. Freedom in Christ isn’t always instant or easy; it often comes through a journey of trusting God in the dark, choosing hope when everything feels hopeless, and surrendering when we don’t understand. The song reminded me that while we wait for full restoration, we can still stand firm in our identity as children of God, even when it feels like the world is falling apart. Jubilee isn’t the absence of pain—it’s the promise that our pain isn’t the end, and that God is still in the process of making all things new.