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I’ve made mention over this last week how it’s important to pay attention to all parts of our being. It’s so important to look after our physical, spiritual, and intellectual health. I’ve talked about how when one part is not healthy, it affects other parts of our being. Today I want to talk about something that we don’t speak of often enough - our emotional health.
In his book Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Peter Scazzero writes:
“I learned that if we do the hard work of integrating emotional health and spirituality, we can truly experience the wonderful promises God has given us – for our lives, churches, and communities. God will make our lives beautiful.” (p.19)
He goes on to speak about how the apostle Paul teaches us about our spirituality being connected with our emotions. Many of us know this Scripture, I believe we fail to relate to it because we are not always good about taking a beat to tap into our emotions.
Galatians 5:22-23 (MSG) But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.
Jesus spoke about being the way, the truth, and the life. When we remember to live the Jesus way His Holy Spirit leads us into all truth and we can then live the life that we as humanity were designed to live and be from the Beginning. We can live in right relationship with God and with others. And it all starts with the power of the love of Christ and what He did for us through His death and resurrection.