For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1 (ESV)
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV)
How were your emotions this past week? How were your emotions during the last few weeks, especially if you dealt with the hurricane/storm crisis or any other unexpected and unwelcome circumstance? Anyone dealing with situations that are upsetting and out of control will have various emotions as they navigate their current situation.
We all will go through anger, resentment, frustration, sadness, etc, and wonder where is God. Does He care or see what is happening? Trust and believe God knows exactly what has happened, what is happening, and what will happen in the future in our lives. Read through the verses of Ecclesiastes 3:2-8. It shares the various up and down emotions and/or stages of life. God will be with us through all these stages. More often than not, it is He who is carrying us through. We may never know why things happened as they did but when we make it to glory, we will have an opportunity to talk with our Father in Heaven and understand why certain things unfolded as they did while we were here on Earth.
In the meantime, we need to trust that God understands and can process our emotions. The Bible gives us countless stories and testimonies of what others went through and how they made it through with their faith and their trust in God. They did not see the future and didn’t know what was happening to them would be a testimony to help other people, thousands of years later.
However, not just during sad and upsetting times do we turn to God, but do we turn and thank Him during high and happy times as well? Or do we feel our blessings are the result of what we did to gain that achievement, that victory, or reward? Many will turn to God when they are in anguish and pain but, many will also forget Him when things are going well, and everything is wonderful.
So, remember, do not be afraid to go to God with your emotions. God wants us to come to Him and share our extreme happiness and celebration or the depths of disappointment and despair. Through it all, God will help us to process, go through, and understand our emotions. He will be with us every step of our life’s journey.
Blessings,
Angélique
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