I hate roller coasters
So why do I let my emotions take me for a roller coaster ride daily?
I could blame hormones, circumstances, or any other matter or person. Bottom line, I don't want to ride the ups and downs of my emotions any more.
I don't need excitement, I need peace.
I don't need entertainment, I need contentment.
I have spoiled my emotions - letting them do and feel whatever they like. Problem is, it is not a pretty sight sometimes.
Oh yeah, I forgot the pandemic - I could blame it, too, for my tangled up emotions.
But blaming anyone or anything gets me nowhere.
Either I appropriate the peace of Christ in my heart, mind, and soul at any given moment, or I don't. Yes. It's that simple and that black and white.
Think of it as being at the beach - my happy place. All is calm, peaceful, relaxing and just right.
So why do I let my petulant emotions drag me away, far away, from my "beach?"
Pride.
Yep.
When I give in to changing emotions, I am calling them lord in the moment. Why? Because anything that rules over our hearts and minds is our god at that moment.
I know better. I've got this. Let me handle this.
No, I don't. No, I don't. And no, I can't.
From the whiny dips of ungratefulness to the full on nose dives into despondency to the heights of thinking I've got it all together - none of these offers me any peace. Ever.
Yet there I go, strapping myself in the roller coaster "car" and holding on for dear life - another day of mismanaged emotions.
Why do I do this to myself?! Are we victims of our emotions and moods?
Heaven forbid!
We can step off of the "ride." Or better yet, we can never get on the blasted thing in the first place.
"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts." Let. Let. Let.
Letting anyone or anything have control over you - not your happy place? It can be in Christ!
When I see a "dip" up ahead, right there, if I let Jesus have it, He gently leads me out and on. "You don't have to stay on this ride," He assures me.
Peace, He says. And the roller coaster is gone.
Thank You, Jesus. Yes. I want and need You, Your peace, more than anything. Keep me on the "beach" of Your Presence no matter what, dear Lord. For You are my peace. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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