by Joyce Meyer - posted
June 10, 2013
When I kept silence [before I confessed], my bones
wasted away through my groaning all the day long.
—Psalm 32:3
We all have days when we feel more emotional than
usual, and there may be many reasons why. Perhaps you didn’t sleep well the
night before, or you ate something that lowered your blood sugar or that you
were allergic to. The occasional emotional day is something we don’t have to be
too concerned about. If my husband has a day like that, he never tries to
figure it out. He simply says, “This too shall pass.”
There are also times we have emotional issues that
need to be resolved and dealt with. We are often guilty of stuffing things down
inside us rather than dealing with them. If you are a person who avoids
confrontation, you can have a soul full of unresolved issues that need closure
before emotional wholeness will come. I remember a night when I was unable to
sleep, which is unusual for me. Finally, around five in the morning, I asked
God what was wrong with me. Immediately I recalled a situation from the day
before. I had been rude to someone and instead of apologizing to them and
asking God to forgive me, I rushed through the situation and went on to the
next thing I needed to do. Obviously, my wrong conduct was irritating my
spirit, even though my conscious mind had buried it. As soon as I asked God to
forgive me and made a decision to apologize to the person, I was able to go to
sleep.
If you feel unusually sad or as if you are carrying
a heavy burden you don’t understand, ask God what is wrong before you start
assuming things. It is amazing what we can learn by simply asking God for an
answer and being willing to face any truth He might reveal about us or our
behavior. Sometimes we feel emotional because of something someone has done to
us or an unpleasant circumstance in our lives. But at other times we feel that
way because of something we did wrong and ignored.
Trust in Him: Ask God what is causing
you to be emotional and be willing to face any truth He reveals.
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