Feel Your Feelings
Saturday October 5, 2019
One of the things which many of us experienced while growing up, and which probably had something to do with our journey into an addictive and destructive lifestyle, was the lack of attention paid to us as children. We got used to being side-tracked in favour of other agendas which silenced our feelings and expectations. We gave up on going to anyone with our needs because we felt that no one knew us or even cared about who we were.
Don’t turn away from me. Don’t be angry with your servant. You are the only one who can help me. My God, don’t leave me all alone. You are my Savior. Even if my mother and father leave me, the Lord will take me in. (Psalm 27:9-10 ERV)
What a relief it is to find out that we matter to God. We can call out to God whenever we need to because He is always listening. We can speak to God as often as we like. God is interested in all the things that concern us. In His love and tenderness God is reaching out to us and inviting us to come close to His heart. Our feelings, however, may not be receptive to this unfamiliar love and care. We are so used to muzzling our negative feelings that positive feelings are abnormal to us and it may take some time to adjust.
I was patient while I waited for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry for help. I was sliding down into the pit of death, and he pulled me out. He brought me up out of the mud and dirt. He set my feet on a rock. He gave me a firm place to stand on. (Psalm 40:1-2 NIRV) The Lord is a good Father and knows His children well. God is patient, compassionate and loving and will bring us to that place of trust where we will be willing to feel our feelings. Resentment against others, which is evident in our not being willing to feel, will be replaced with love, joy and peace as we are healed and restored by the love and power of our ever-patient God.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Please help me to walk from the darkness within me into the light of Your loving presence ever with me. Amen
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