Master Your Emotions

It's been a while since I had felt led to write or honestly I just wasn't sure if this was something I still wanted to do. This statement even seems crazy as I have longed to write and blog for many years so to say I don't know if I want to do it anymore doesn't align with my dreams but it sure does appeal to my emotions. I recently have been in a place of transition and instead of wanting to share, I began to feel myself closing off and feeling more hesitant to share. This is why I want to talk about mastering emotions. This is key for all of us in whatever stage we are in, as we walk through this journey called life.

Emotions are powerful as they can either hinder us or push us to do the very things we want to do in life. When unchecked our emotions can run our life and ultimately lead us to places we never wanted to go. This is something I realized coming into to 2023 and looking back on the year before. If I felt like doing something I would do it and if I did not I wouldn't. This hindered me for many years because I would be excited about going to work and eventually that feeling would fade and I would find myself calling out and eventually getting fired. Letting my emotions control me was a place of immaturity for me.

When things would be said about me I would get emotional and offended then block out people that may have needed to be in my life because my emotions were louder than what I knew was best. In one of my most recent situations, I realized that when I get worked up and my emotions turn to a place of frustration and anger I tend to want to give in to things that I may not want for my life just so those emotions don't arise or stay too long. Not only was this unhealthy but it kept me from setting boundaries and standing in the midst of adversary.

Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord was one of the scriptures that would come to me as I faced many situations that would have me in my emotions. I kept asking God why you keep giving me this scripture and the other part of me was like I get it. But did I really get it? No, it wasn't until I realized that emotions would be what swayed me from standing on what I know is true. Just because we feel a certain way doesn't mean it's true. Truth has nothing to do with our feelings and can be contrary to what we feel and this is where mastering our emotions comes in.

This topic is going to take more time than I thought, so I just want to introduce it and expand over the coming weeks. Discussing first how feelings don't line up with truth, what emotions to watch out for, and reflecting on emotions before responding. I really want to share all that I have been learning about my feelings and hope that I can help someone else master their emotions and begin to go from hopeless to feeling empowered through the tools Christ has already given us.