How fickle our emotions can be. One day- as adults that’s what we get. One day to pout and whine. The sad thing is I think kids get this better then we adults do. Kids are over it within hours. We carry around resentments and sorrow like its an accessory. Its an ugly one for-sure! You can not put these things on daily and not have it completely change the way you look and ultimately shape WHO you are. As an adult I give myself one day. Uno. That’s it. When the day is up – its time to put on my BIG girl pants and move on. Paul says in Ephesians “Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.” (Eph. 4:26,27)
This scripture’s overarching truth is this: don’t let emotions fester and rule you.
“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it” Psalm 118:2
Each day is a new day. A fresh start. We have the opportunity for CHANGE & GROWTH! What a gift!!
Three things we can do to help ourself out of the emotional sink hole:
- Put pen to paper I find that when I’m able to vocalize how I’m feeling it really helps me to “vent” but it also helps me understand why I’m feeling the way I’m feeling. When we put words to it that helps the mind comprehend why we’re feeling the way we are feeling. It also helps us organize the many jumbled thoughts. Lastly putting words to our feelings helps us know how to pray which leads me to my next point.
- Give it to God “Pray and Obey, its the only way” that line is catchy but its also full of truth. When we pray and give it to God he is faithful. He cares about all the little things as much as the big things.
- Last but not least- let it go!
Aren’t you glad that God does not keep track of our sin/our mistakes? Yet this is what we do with others. We will say we’ve forgiven them but then we store it in our arsenal for another day. Im guilty. This is for me as much as the next person. I’m so guilty.
“So far as the East is from the West, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.” (Psalm 103:12)
I want to finish by adding that this blog is not for the person in grief or the person battling PTSD or other trauma. Grief is so unique to each individual. If your suffer from grief or trauma I would highly recommend reaching out to a licensed professional who can better help you. This blog is for the everyday mom, daughter, sister who is holding on to daily crud. I don’t know how else to describe it. For example- this last week I completely lost my…. At the time it started out as – “the dog is getting me up at ungodly hours in the morning and I’m EXHAUSTED.” It quickly snowballed into “my husband doesn’t do anything and my kids don’t appreciate anything.” You see if I had just started writing out my frustrations on paper, prayed, and let it go things would have not snowballed like they ended up snowballing last week. I also would have identified and focused on the main problem which was lack of sleep.