Have you ever had trouble letting go of a negative emotion? Maybe you just can't seem to stop crying over the loss of something important to you. Maybe you are angry because nothing seems to be going right. You hold onto those emotions because they are something you can control. However, in a way, when you hold onto those emotions for too long they begin to control you.
There is a series called Miraculous that touches on negative emotions very well. There is a villain in the series who stays in his lair and when he feels a negative emotion come onto someone he sends out an akuma. This akuma is a butterfly that, when it touches something special to the person with a negative emotion, gives the person super powers. The villain promises to let the person get revenge on whoever wronged him/her. Many people give in.
There is a bit more to it than that, but that's the basic premise of how things work. If this was actually possible in real life I think I'd be kind of scared to see what the world would be like. Many of us have a hard time letting go of emotions. Maybe you've been wronged by the same person over and over. Maybe people just won't listen to you. Maybe something or someone was taken from you. We are going to go through hard times on this earth. That happens because of sin. Bad things will happen, people will wrong us, and we will have to choose how we react to those events.
As Christians we are called to be set apart. Romans 12:2 says: "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." We are not to give into the things of the world. That means we are not to sin, but it also applies to emotions. When bad things happen is it okay for us to be sad or angry. But, we need to decide what we do with those emotions. Will we complain to others? Will we try to get revenge? Will we hold onto the hurt and anger for a long time?
As Christians we are to let go of those emotions. Is that easy? No, but again, it depends on what we do with out emotions. Will we act on them or will we go to God with them? Will we hold onto them or will we ask God for help in letting them go? Will we take out our emotions on others or will we ask God to help us keep our emotions in check? Did you catch that? In every instance there I said "or will we ask God..." See, it's very difficult to let go or not act on our emotions on our own. Luckily we are not on our own. God is with us. He is for us. He wants to help us with our problems. He will help us because he loves us. How he helps us may be different each time we ask but he will help us. All we need to do is ask him to help us.
So, do you have problems letting go of your emotions? Do you react too quickly based off of your emotions? Will you ask God for help when you are having problems with your emotions?
There is a series called Miraculous that touches on negative emotions very well. There is a villain in the series who stays in his lair and when he feels a negative emotion come onto someone he sends out an akuma. This akuma is a butterfly that, when it touches something special to the person with a negative emotion, gives the person super powers. The villain promises to let the person get revenge on whoever wronged him/her. Many people give in.
There is a bit more to it than that, but that's the basic premise of how things work. If this was actually possible in real life I think I'd be kind of scared to see what the world would be like. Many of us have a hard time letting go of emotions. Maybe you've been wronged by the same person over and over. Maybe people just won't listen to you. Maybe something or someone was taken from you. We are going to go through hard times on this earth. That happens because of sin. Bad things will happen, people will wrong us, and we will have to choose how we react to those events.
As Christians we are called to be set apart. Romans 12:2 says: "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." We are not to give into the things of the world. That means we are not to sin, but it also applies to emotions. When bad things happen is it okay for us to be sad or angry. But, we need to decide what we do with those emotions. Will we complain to others? Will we try to get revenge? Will we hold onto the hurt and anger for a long time?
As Christians we are to let go of those emotions. Is that easy? No, but again, it depends on what we do with out emotions. Will we act on them or will we go to God with them? Will we hold onto them or will we ask God for help in letting them go? Will we take out our emotions on others or will we ask God to help us keep our emotions in check? Did you catch that? In every instance there I said "or will we ask God..." See, it's very difficult to let go or not act on our emotions on our own. Luckily we are not on our own. God is with us. He is for us. He wants to help us with our problems. He will help us because he loves us. How he helps us may be different each time we ask but he will help us. All we need to do is ask him to help us.
So, do you have problems letting go of your emotions? Do you react too quickly based off of your emotions? Will you ask God for help when you are having problems with your emotions?
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