Have you ever felt like a slave to your emotions?
Have you ever felt like you lost control of your emotions…or never had it?
I have…for most of my adult life.
I was that girl in High School that never got asked to a single dance. I only had a few friends. I didn’t get to go to my senior prom or any prom, for that matter. I was so insecure and felt so insignificant. I never thought anyone would ever ask me on a date. I spent most of my adult life at the mercy of my negative emotions.
You know that feeling of being pushed around by your insecurities and self-doubt, especially when you tried to change? Change…yeah, right! I wondered if it was ever possible to jump off my emotional merry-go-round. I was in motion for sure, and felt like I was going forward, but eventually I realized I was right back where I started—stuck in that same old loop!
So I pushed back. I spent the best years of my adult life trying to conquer and control negative emotions, thinking if I became good enough, big enough, deserving enough, I could finally take charge of my life. If I fought against my weaknesses long enough and hard enough, I would eventually win. I was wrong!
After all my hard work, using all the tried and true methods, I still couldn’t get rid of that nagging feeling deep in my heart, that I would never really be good enough.
You know how it is, after you put in all that work and still have no success, you come to the only obvious conclusion…this is just who you are and your life is going to be a constant struggle to get to a point where you can hopefully, at the very least, manage your emotions.
What I never knew was my emotions were intended to enrich my life, not rule it.
Once I discovered the godly design of emotions, my life was changed forever. God didn’t create emotions as if they were a wild beast on the prowl that I’d have to snare and cage to make sure they would never escape. He definitely designed ME to be the one in charge—not the other way around.
Emotions enable me to feel life, the good and the bad. What good is peace, comfort or contentment if I can’t FEEL them? If I couldn’t feel love, how would I even know I was in love? If I couldn’t feel my child’s hurt, would I really feel the need to comfort him or her? Without emotions the richness of this life could not be experienced.
Emotional Café.com is a place where we can have a conversation about our emotions. It’s a place where we can discover together, the godly design of our emotions. With a new understanding we can change without all the struggle, and take back the control we never realized we gave away.
I will show you step by step how to understand the godly purpose for emotions so you can finally understand and feel how important and valuable you all really are and live your life in ways you never dreamed.
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