Manage Your Emotions
Let’s take a break from the Coronavirus talk, shall we? I mean, it’s everywhere you turn at the moment. It’s to the point that people’s reactions are frustrating me a bit.
If you are freaked out by everything, I would like to invite you to trust God! It works. (Honestly, it really does).
Anyhow, my frustration is most likely just some leftover from the previous weeks. I found myself extremely emotional for some odd reason. I was crying, I was defensive, I had an attitude that pulled up quick, and it was almost like it would just take over. And then you know that feeling when God nudges you to go apologize and you really don’t want to, because they’ll get over it? And you really attempt to explain that you weren’t right, but you also weren’t wrong. Yeah, I had a few of those moments. Ultimately, God won, and I said I was sorry.
Recently, I’ve been going through a bit of counseling, and I feel as if the opening up in private just spread into other things. Because I have a tendency to hold back. But I really felt under attack at the same time. Like maybe, the enemy wanted to scare me from opening up too much. Or just making me feel as if I’m emotional and won’t get better. But I rebuke that! God gave me emotions for a reason. I tend to be more emotional than others, and although quite annoying at times (like when I burst into tears because my dentist tells me mid one operation, I need a root canal to continue, Geesh lady!). My emotions also make me compassionate and understanding of others in ways that most people just don’t care or even see.
So here I am, but God didn’t give us emotions to be afraid of them or unsure. He gave it so we would be in tune and use them for His glory.
But when the Spirit of Christ empowers your life, you are not dominated by the flesh but by the Spirit. And if you are not joined to the Spirit of the Anointed One, you are not of him.
Romans 8:9
Also, everything is spiritual too.
For although we live in the natural realm, we don’t wage a military campaign employing human weapons, using manipulation to achieve our aims. Instead, our spiritual weapons are energized with divine power to effectively dismantle the defenses behind which people hide.
2 Corinthians 10:4
When my emotions get really out of hand, I know it’s time to get down and really pray, like for real, for real!
Don’t be afraid to seek God’s face. Tell Him you don’t understand why you are breaking down (ladies you know what I’m talking about). Tell Him it’s beyond your period, that you want His heart and to see as He sees. Do you know how to pray in tongues? That’s a great place to start when I feel all over the place.
Some more practical things to consider: what is your stress like? Are you getting rest? Did you even eat today? These are also different factors to consider in why you could be more emotional if you have found yourself in a similar predicament. So, keep that in mind as well.
All in all, don’t run from your emotions. Mine annoy me at times, but I’m learning to embrace them for what they are. Even when I break down in Lion King one more time, it’s just a reminder of how human I am. I wish I could be the tough one that never cries, but hey, I am who I am. And you are who you are. Don’t let either one run you. A lack of emotion or too much is not good, learn to be somewhere in between. So let’s turn to God, put our trust in Him, and see how we should handle things the way He called us to.
Keep your crown up,