The Watchman at Your Thought Closet Door
Have you ever awakened from a bad dream and been mad because someone in your dream upset you? You feel sad, irritated, or worried. After time and strong coffee, the morning fog lifts and your realize it was all in your mind. But it felt so real. That's a tiny picture of what living out a false assumption is like. It feels real, but it's not true.
Feelings are powerful, but they don't always represent truth. When we wake from a bad dream, we have to adjust our feelings to truth rather than keep following the fiction of our prior slumber. In a far more difficult arena but with the same principle, we must take control of what we say to our souls--make our inner speech truth driven rather than feeling driven.
Think of a time your emotions got out of control. What kinds of thoughts or actions resulted?
Emotion:
Thought:
Action:
Emotion: offended/ hurt
ReplyDeleteThought:"I can't let this person believe something that I don't believe to be true."
Action: Defend myself/ arguement
THis is going to seem petty, but this happened just today:
ReplyDeleteEmotion: discouraged
Thought: my foot is never going to get better...its been 5 weeks since surgery and it is still so sore and I still can't wear anything except a flipflop.
Action:Sorry to say that I spent the day feeling down in the dumps. I didn't take my thoughts captive very well today!!