"Remember, feelings are indicators, not dictators. They can indicate there is a situation I need to deal with, but they shouldn’t dictate how I react. I have a choice." Lysa TerKeurst
Today we have a choice. We can let our emotions dictate our actions or we can chose to let God dictate our actions. Our emotions should help us determine the things we need to pay attention to and deal with to remain healthy mentally, emotionally and spiritually. They should not, however, control our life and our reactions to other people and circumstances.
I don't know how many of you remember the Calgon commercial above - I know I am showing my age, but just go with it. This is a classic example of how things can go wrong really fast and how frustrating it can become. How can we hold it all together and calm down? A nice bath would be relaxing, however if you are anything like me it is next to impossible to have 30 seconds in the bathroom alone, much less 30 minutes to take a bath and decompress. Not only that, even if we could take a bath and relax a little bit, we still would need to deal with everything that drove us their in the first place. How can we find peace? TO BE CONTINUED.......
Tune in July 2nd, 2014 at 7pm EST to our new online bible study course based on the book Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions to learn our individual reaction patterns and how we can overcome those patterns to find peace and harmony in our relationships and environment.
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