To Feel or Not To Feel,
(Bring me joy, bring me peace, bring a chance to be free. the song below once again is in my heart.)
And the question is why are we fearful of feelings? What a wonderful thing to keep the walls down and go ahead and be vulnerable. It really is okay. The saying, 'first impressions are lasting impressions' isn't always the outward appearance. It is feeling, what is not seen. It's that thing we can't see, or really put our finger on, it is what is within.
What a gamut of possibilities! And since perceptions power emotions which are powered from our paradigm, and even if our paradigm is skewed, the skewed feelings that come are a place to begin. If we are afraid, we can go to the source of the initial emotion of a similar or same perception. Then the work begins to heal and change. Our hearts cannot lie, it holds the key to answers we seek about our life. The heart is the center of emotion and life. To live a rich full life is to feel it all, all that comes with life, the negative and the positive and not be afraid. Because all feeling is given to us by God and anger the most avoided (a personal journey) is of God. I truly believe this is one source of poison in our bodies, holding in anger. And in Ephesians it is clear, 'get rid of it before the sun goes down'.
Psalm 4:4 Be angry,and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah
Ephesians 4:26 "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
Let's be honest, the bottom line, if we think our feelings or emotions can be hidden we are lying to ourselves. It doesn't matter if by intuition, discernment or sensory perception, our feelings are all over us. Don't be afraid to be open and feel it all. We were born and live to feel.
Some quotes on feeling
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched ... but are felt in the heart. ___Helen Keller
You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.___Pearl S. Buck
Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.___Sr. Winston Churchill
Our all knowing, omnipotent God created us as 'feeling' beings. He is love, and love is a feeling.
And the most incomprehensible of all:
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ___NKJ
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. ___The Message
Video & Song
'Bring The Rain' by Mercy Me
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e8HgAVenbUU
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