The Bible consistently calls God's people to experience joy. Over and over different authors in scripture talk about rejoicing and celebrating God's blessings and God's presence...and that's a good thing! But sometimes I don't feel very joyful. There are days when I'm hurting or I'm tired or I've lost something or someone that meant a lot to me - there are days when I'm just sad. But is that wrong? Does it make me a bad Christian if I have feelings of sadness? How do I keep my moments of sadness from taking over my thoughts and controlling my actions?
Anger. Fear. Joy. Sadness. We all have different feelings that we deal with on a daily basis. God has given us the gift of emotions to help us process and react to things that we experience. Sometimes we have a healthy emotional response to certain situations, and sometimes our emotions get the best of us. For the next few weeks at Flagstone we are going to discover how to get a better handle on our emotions and use them for God’s purposes.
