Nonsense Emotions

Have you ever spent time, and I mean not a couple of minutes, not a half hour, but like HOURS just sitting in one place stuck in your thoughts. You've gotten to what seems like the high place and all of a sudden you find yourself questioning your feelings. The more you "rest" the worse you feel.

Yeah, me too.

It's funny how much control we give our fleshly minds to wander into the darkness. I have my faith and have built a relationship with God, but that doesn't exclude me from imperfections and having bad days. I still have found myself allowing nonsense emotions steal a whole day out of my life. Sometimes it has even been as far as multiple days or even months. The nonsense emotions turn into guilt and guilt turns into a whole pile of other lies. Before I know it, I have dug a ditch and laid myself in it. 

Looking For My Way Out.

I don't have to spend too much time in the "ditch" before I realize that I am in one. I forget how much time it really took, or what words got me there or whose and what actions I allowed to drop me in that place. Instead, it's like I blinked and BOOM, I feel so low. 

Just imagine this. We walk over to a plot of land with a shovel, willingly, dig a hole and stand on the very edge. Every time we hear something we don't like or agree with, every time someone does something we aren't fond of or doesn't do something that we expect out of them, we mentally dig our ditch. And those nonsense emotions? They push us right in. Once we are there, then we feel bad for ourselves like we didn't just set ourselves up. So why is it that we do this and how do we get out? 

Stop "emptying" your mind.

Something I had to learn was that emptying my mind would feel soothing for a short period of time, but it never lasted long before I was filling it back up with second-thoughts. My now emptied mind had so much room for more nonsense emotions to enter. It's like a garbage can...you empty it out just to fill it back up with garbage. That is where I decided to try something new, because if I didn't, well I was heading toward a dead end. Instead of emptying out my mind, I began to pour into my mind. I started with positive affirmations, scriptures from the bible, I changed the way I ate, I changed the music I listened to, I changed what I watched and I changed who I allowed to speak into my life. 

It's A Set Up.

I realized that the world sets us up to think in a conformed way, from the subtle lyrics in a popular hit song to highly rated addictive shows and even sugar coated social media posts. Even foods control us, from the pint of ice cream when we feel sad to the bag of chocolate candy to fill our feelings of loneliness and emptiness. The world makes money off of what we feel and wants to keep us there. All of it is set up to trigger nonsense emotions. They can develop into serious disorders such as anxiety and depression, obesity or anorexia, suicidal, alcoholism or a drug addiction. Then we end up trying to treat it with medicine that masks our problem making them even more money. Or, like the majority of us, we just cover it up with a smile. 

One thing we all have in common is that we are trying to fill an empty space. So why try to empty yourself out even more?

I have come to tell you that you CAN find freedom from it all, and there is REAL permanent relief. Something that you don't need to buy and you don't have to be prequalified.

Instead of pouring your mind out , next time you feel lost, sad, anxious, confused, angry and hurt, just try pouring into your mind. Try eating healthier, try listening to peaceful and positive music, try watching something that is beneficial to the growth of your mind. God didn't want us to live imprisoned in suffering, but to find relief and true salvation...that is why he gave the world his one and only son Jesus Christ. Through his words we find a place called home and a place of true peace. While you are in the midst of your troubles, I hope that you remember the times you prayed for the things you have now...and if you haven't looked to have a relationship with Jesus yet, I pray that your hearts are softened and you feel his real love through my post tonight. Know that you are sought after and cared about no matter what. Your storm might just be what tears down your old, unstable, broken house. Use that shovel and dig your hole, dig it deep, because this time, it is where the solid foundation will be poured in for your indestructible fortress to be built up!!