January 22
Recently, I posted “Are Your Emotions Getting The Best of
You” and mentioned how our emotions could be getting to us. When we have been
abused as children and traumatized, we don’t develop emotionally. Some
individuals have asked me in the past to elaborate more about emotions. So, I
will be asking you questions that you may want to ponder on. This is a simple
couple of questions that should tell you more about your emotions. Here we
go…
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Are you feeling sick all the time?
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Do you get upset at any little thing?
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Do you make purchases on a whim and the regret
them?
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Does everything bother you?
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Do you find yourself picking at other people’s
faults or even your own faults?
If you have answered to one or more of these few examples, you
might be letting your emotions get the best of you. If any of these
examples did not really feel right to you, then I ask you, when was the last
time you were at an event and saw someone you dislike because of how they made
you feel in the past and you need to leave?
My friend, you are letting your emotions run your life.
If that did not help, I have one more for you, how about avoiding speaking to
someone because they make your stomach curl like the same feeling you get when
speaking to a very opinionated professor, or your overbearing parent, or even a
bill collector?
So, when experiencing these types of emotions, where do
those feelings go each time they surface? The answer might surprise you! Did you know that our bodies are
like a computer, they code emotions in different areas? When your back hurts it
could be because of stress, well that is your body coding. I strongly believe
that our bodies code our emotions.
In a
book written by a good friend and colleague of mine Dr. Bradley Nelson, the
author of The Emotion Code, states that there is empirical data that clearly shows
what your body goes through when you are faced with a traumatic experience and
not dealt with and how your body respond by coding that very emotion into your
system causing you sickness, mental disparities and in some cases even death.
When our emotions are not handled appropriately, you become unbalanced.
Although,
I may not agree with some of Dr. Bradley’s views especially in the area of magnetic
use, I do believe that our body tends to code differently from different
traumas and events.
Do we
need emotions? Of course we do. Jesus was known for having emotions. If
you look at the life of Jesus Christ, he was always balanced and when He needed
to show his emotions he did so, let’s look at the time when Jesus threw people
out of his temple “ And Jesus went into the temple of God,
and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the
tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said
unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye
have made it a den of thieves.” Matthew 21:12-13 KJV
Christ was angry but did not sin. He did not lose sleep
over the situation; he handled it and moved on. On the other hand, Lucifer, had
no justification for being angry with Christ, his lust for power and his pride
got in the way creating several emotions that ultimately resulted in being cast
down. Lucifer no longer was called that name; he was given the name of the
dragon, the Devil and Satan. As Satan and one third of the angels inhabited
this earth, along came their emotions. All their emotions included, covetousness,
lying, anger, hate, fear came with them and infecting humanity.
Once perfect being now with rogue emotions on the rampage
they became unbalanced making it the norm for humanity. Prior to the fall,
these once perfect beings never had to deal with emotions because you see, prior
to the emotional sin factor, Lucifer and the angels did not know anything about
fear, they worshiped God, and The Son out of love, fear was never in the
equation “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because
fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love”
1 John 4:18 KJV
Once cast down, their rogue emotions caused them to
spread fear, discouragement, hate and other rogue emotions. In fact, fear is a
powerful weapon and Satan knows this. Hence, Satan uses the emotional fear
factor on humankind, because it will debilitate anyone who gives into this
powerful emotion. Here are some questions for you to ponder on....
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What fear are you dealing with that is affecting
your emotions?
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How is Satan manipulating your emotions
today?
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How are your emotions and your relationship with
Christ?
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How long have you been allowing Satan to
manipulate your emotions?
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What are you willing to give up to become
balanced emotionally?
Through Christ you can balance your emotions, you change
your thinking, and you change your life...for the better. Start today!
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