RoLlEr CoAsTeR oF EmOtIoNs ~ "Feelings"

              Do you ever feel like your emotions are on a roller coaster? Having a lot of UPS and DOWNS? I definitly do. I feel like some weeks are great and I'm so happy and everything is going wonderfully, then the next week it's all down hill or even from day to day, or hour to hour I sometimes feel this way. It's crazy how our emotions can change so quickly. Lately I've just really been trying to not let my emotions get the best of me. Believe me I have people in my life I want to YELL at, say a lot of things to, and people I want ignore. My emotions usually always follow someone's actions. But lately I've really been trying to stop letting other people's actions effect me. I can't change situations. I will never know all the answers to things. I won't understand why people do the things they do, but I can't let them effect how I act, cause that is just what Satan would want me to do. He wants me to get angry and retaliate and be on edge. He wants me to get angry at God for things not going the way I think or want them to and he wants me to let go when I'm not 'feeling' close to God. Satan loves, I've learned, to play off my feelings. But I've learned....

I CANNOT let my faith go solely off my feelings......

Just because God doesn't give me what I want, or show things clearly to me, or 'feels' far away, does not mean He isn't still in control and still in them for me. I can't let Satan use the way I may 'feel' to separate me from God or waiver my faith or trust in Him. When I have these times now where I feel myself having these 'down' moments I dig into the Word. Because that is where I know I'll find the truth and the answers.  

2 Timothy 3:16-17-
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right. 17 It is God's way of preparing us in every way, fully equipped for every good thing God wants us to do.

Hebrews 4:12-
12 For the word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than the sharpest knife, cutting deep into our innermost thoughts and desires. It exposes us for what we really are. 

           My feelings and how I feel are not something I can always trust. I can always trust God's Word though. Don't let Satan try and confuse you and mix and stir up your feelings. Go to Christ Word for everything that bothers you or anything you question. Don't rely on your own understanding (Proverbs 3:5-6) (2 Corinthians 5:7-For we live by faith, not by sight). Even if it's what you think Christ wants, Satan can mislead us to trust what we 'think' Christ wants; but Christ's Word will give us full-proof answers that will light our way (Psalm 119:105- Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.)
           We spill out or feelings to Christ daily through our prayers and talks with Him, but sometimes we really just need to stop talking, complaining, sharing, and just listen. He will speak to us through His word. (Matthew 4:4-Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’) And when we're in those 'down' moments and not 'feeling' Christ near, just know that He is. (Deuteronomy 31:6-Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”(Hebrews 13:5))

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