Today we had class about how to deal with our emotions in a Godly way. It was very interesting and nice to just sit back, process, and understand why we would react a certain way. We had different examples of everyday things that happen at the Shelter and what are our first emotions that would come up. It's funny how we already know and understand how we would react if something happened a certain way. If someone is angry, how do we react; or if someone is nice, we react a different way. I feel that I still need to work on how I react to others. So many times I feed off of how other people are behaving and instead I should feed off of how God would behave. So that's my prayer for the week; to become slow to speak and slow to become angry. We used Psalm 131 as an example of emotions:
1 My heart is not proud, O Lord,
my eyes are not haughty;
I do not concern myself with great matters
or things too wonderful for me.
2 But I have stilled and quieted my soul;
like a weaned child with its mother,
like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3 O Israel, put your hope in the Lord
both now and forevermore.
I think it's so nice to read Psalms and see all the emotions behind them.
On a different note, Friday I leave for Ireland. I'm a little nervous because the volcano keeps acting up. So I just pray that God can get me there and I can see my brother and my cousin. I'm ready to see a little bit of home. :)
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