My sister-in-law Bethany, Auntie Bee, is visiting and also reading FEEL. So I thought I would lay down my virtual pen and paper and let her have a go. Beside, you hear enough from me already! Enjoy.
I have just been informed by my niece that she is going to use my arm as a pillow while my nephew is trying to con a dollar bill off of me to do a magic trick. What is it like to spend the weekend at an author's house? It might come as a surprise to you that we spend more time fending off the mosquitoes from our outdoor waffle breakfast than we did analyzing each others emotions. However this is not to say that there isn't plenty of glee and gloom. With three kids in the house, emotions run the gantlet. Luckily this is my second reading of Feel and I know that God is pleased with how He created us in all our expressions!
Have you ever made it halfway through a book and known that you already wanted to read it again? This book is hard work. An easy read does not mean an easy application. It takes courage to look at how you have been relating to your heart vs your head and make healthy changes. Its is too easy to skim through the main points without allowing the depth of meaning to penetrate how you live. I want to see the deeper truth that grounds the waving red flag of my emotion. I want to be thankful that God has given me spontaneity and outbursts so that what is really going on under the surface of my smiles can point me closer to Him.
Let's get the word out that emotions are a gift! My niece just got a self inflating balloon for her birthday and after 20 minutes of intense hot potato, its leaking. There is a certain maturity that is needed to care for the gifts we are given. We can use or abuse gifts but they are still given as gifts. I know that God is still working on my maturity in my range of emotions but I am thankful for the permission FEEL gives me to be wholehearted in the life God has given me.
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My sister-in-law Bethany, Auntie Bee, is visiting and also reading FEEL. So I thought I would lay down my virtual pen and paper and let her have a go. Beside, you hear enough from me already! Enjoy.
I have just been informed by my niece that she is going to use my arm as a pillow while my nephew is trying to con a dollar bill off of me to do a magic trick. What is it like to spend the weekend at an author's house? It might come as a surprise to you that we spend more time fending off the mosquitoes from our outdoor waffle breakfast than we did analyzing each others emotions. However this is not to say that there isn't plenty of glee and gloom. With three kids in the house, emotions run the gantlet. Luckily this is my second reading of Feel and I know that God is pleased with how He created us in all our expressions!
Have you ever made it halfway through a book and known that you already wanted to read it again? This book is hard work. An easy read does not mean an easy application. It takes courage to look at how you have been relating to your heart vs your head and make healthy changes. Its is too easy to skim through the main points without allowing the depth of meaning to penetrate how you live. I want to see the deeper truth that grounds the waving red flag of my emotion. I want to be thankful that God has given me spontaneity and outbursts so that what is really going on under the surface of my smiles can point me closer to Him.
Let's get the word out that emotions are a gift! My niece just got a self inflating balloon for her birthday and after 20 minutes of intense hot potato, its leaking. There is a certain maturity that is needed to care for the gifts we are given. We can use or abuse gifts but they are still given as gifts. I know that God is still working on my maturity in my range of emotions but I am thankful for the permission FEEL gives me to be wholehearted in the life God has given me.
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