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Why do we struggle with emotions and feelings? There is a deep rooted piece of who we are that seems to be socially unacceptable to talk about. Yet if we are to be wholistic followers of Christ, how are we to honestly love God if we haven’t learned to express the hurts and pains deep within us. It’s through the raw emotion and feeling that we authentically learn to love God with our Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength. So while it’s popular social etiquette to mask our feelings and cover up our emotions, The Blessed Soul strives to address these hidden thoughts and feelings. Through the Blessed Soul, we will face unspoken emotions head on. Not only will we create a space that approves conversations about these things as acceptable, but also take the moment to be real about hurts and pains. Inside of this authenticity, we will read scripture that echos our sentiment. And once we have fully understood and addressed these moments, we will speak blessing over the pieces of us that are often hidden and unpopular to talk about. The Blessed Soul is a daily podcast airing Monday through Friday each week. These episode range from 5-10 minutes. These Podcast are a product of calibratedvalues.com.
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Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
When was the last time you had deep joy?
I’m not talking happiness. That’s different.
You see, happiness is a response for something I like. As soon as the thing that brought me happiness is gone, so is my happiness.
But joy, joy is different. Joy says, I don’t care what happens. I’m still good.
Joy can hear someone talk bad about us, and let it bounce right off us.
Joy takes a hard critique from a professor, or a bad review from a boss, and says, “lesson learned. Let’s move on and try again!”
It’s this type of joy that Nehemiah talks about when he says, “Don’t be dejected and sad, for the Joy of the Lord is your strength!”
He was telling them, we just read the word of the Lord, you see how you’ve missed the mark, and things aren’t how God intended. But don’t be dejected. There is a joy that will help you walk through this!
When was the last time you had that type of joy?
If you are like me, your thinking time, is more riddled with frustrations, concerns, and failures, than it is thoughts of joy.
Nehemiah is telling the people, you won’t find joy if you look at yourself. I think that’s because we as human beings, are competitive - which causes us to be critical of ourselves.. .
So we have to stop, take the pressure off ourselves to produce joy, and allow God to fill us with it. In fact, it’s the joy of the Lord, that gives us strength.
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