Dealing with Feeling

Seeing is believing, but feeling's the truth.
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661, British clergyman, )

Ps 79:11-13
Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die. And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom
the reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord. So we Your people and the sheep of Your pasture Will give thanks to You forever; To all generations we will tell of Your praise.
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We are children of God with great feelings. People all have different ways of treating their feelings. Some hide them, some deny them, and some make excuses for them, but the best way for us to handle our feelings is to deal with them. Not stopping to ask yourself, “why do I feel this way” is a tragic mistake that many make, for it an important question to ask.

Burying your feelings, ignoring or hiding them, will lead to a moment, at sometime in your life, when these feelings will emerge at inopportune times. They will lie dormant within us, like a cancer, eating away at our joy and keeping us from trusting God fully and having right relationships with those around us.

What helps us get past this is a stronger feeling, the feeling that God is near, and can help me with these feelings. I can talk to Him freely about them, and He will hear my groaning and give me a righteous way to deal with these feelings. He will explain to me what is right or wrong about the way I feel, and preserve peace in my bosom, according to His Great Power, talk to Him about your feelings, He understands, He made us this way…God Bless.

Pastor William