"We are all feelers… because God built us to feel." ~ Jennie Allen
Hey, friends!
Our emotions. Yeah, they can be gigantic and overwhelming. And, for some of us, they can be dormant and silent. Right? Emotions can run the gamut from us wishing we didn't feel so much to becoming detached because that seems easier. But, if we want to feel joy, it means sadness also has a place. If we want to feel thrill and excitement, it means boredom and disappointment are also on our plates.
Where we might be used to maybe judging ourselves harshly, shaming ourselves internally, telling ourselves why we shouldn't feel the way we feel, what would happen if we approached the whole topic differently? What if we sat with those emotions and brought them before the Lord in honesty. Totally raw and real. What if we took God at His word and learned His patterns of relating with emotions?
"Feelings were never meant to be fixed; Feelings are meant to be felt."
~ Jennie
You get permission to feel and so do those we love and interact with.
We can learn how to lead an emotionally healthy life! That might sound out of reach, but it's not. God has feelings and He is utterly perfect and quintessentially healthy! He feels joy, disappointment, anger, delight, sadness, grief, compassion, and on and on. He's well aware of our emotions and, this is amazing, He can relate! Since we reflect Him, we're like Him in a lot of ways (even in our pre-Heaven state!) When we follow Him, learn His model of living and feeling and relating through the Word of God, and submit ourselves to His will and His way, we can truly be emotionally happy and healthy.
"You will never be emotionally healthy outside of the will of God." ~ Jennie
Emotions are God's gift to us. What? It's true that we might feel like our feelings are wrong and need correction, or overwhelming and need to chill out, or foolish and we need to grow up, but God gave us these gifts of emotions for a purpose.
God has holy purposes for our feelings. It's not too late to learn more and join us for the Online Bible Study with Jennie Allen! Sign up now for free and you'll get immediate access to Session 1 so you can get started right away - let's dive in and learn more😎
~ Laurie
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