Our emotional lives move up and down constantly. Sometimes we experience great mood: swings from excitement to depression, from joy to sorrow, from inner harmony to inner chaos. A little event, a word from someone, a disappointment in work, many things can trigger such mood swings. Mostly we have little control over these changes. It seems that they happen to us rather than being created by us.
Thus it is important to know that our emotional life is not the same as our spiritual life. Our spiritual life is the life of the Spirit of God within us. As we feel our emotions shift we must connect our spirits with the Spirit of God and remind ourselves that what we feel is not who we are. We are and remain, whatever our moods, God's beloved children.
a spot-on word from the Henri Nouwen Society
this entire entry taken from penni, for your thoughts
Posted by mike at July 23, 2006 6:49 PMThanks. I needed to hear it.
Posted by: bob at July 24, 2006 12:37 PMmuch appreciated, my friend
Posted by: Suzanne at July 26, 2006 1:42 AM