Pause....

I have been neglectful in my posting. 

Did you notice? 

I feel bad, as I had every intention of posting my progress through this 40-day devotional on a regular basis.  It just seems that my good intentions are always thwarted by life.  It swirls around me at times like a tornado, and leaves me breathless.

At least my life is not boring!

I was going to post a couple of days devotions today, but there is something else on my mind.

Emotions are on my mind today. 

I have been sitting back and noticing the plethora of emotions around me lately.   I’ve seen anger and sadness, joy and frustration; I’ve looked in eyes and seen the beginnings of despair and desperation.  I’ve also looked in little eyes that begged for attention, love and peace.  These emotions are in the eyes, words and actions of my loved ones, my friends, and my co-workers.

Heartbreaking and overwhelming.

I do my best to meet their needs, to console and love them, encourage them and help them.  Often, it is not enough; sometimes it is just enough.   In MY eyes, it is never enough.

::sigh::

Where is my responsibility in the emotions of others?  What is my responsibility when I encounter them?

As I’ve been seeing and experiencing other’s emotions, it has made me contemplate my own.  Where do they come from?  How do I use them?  Are they appropriate?  Is God pleased with them?

These are questions that are swimming around my brain today and I don’t have an answer to them.  Not yet, anyways.

If I am not careful, that tornado called life along with a swimming brain could make me crumble. 

But I am careful. 

I am careful to place my trust in a God who is bigger than all the emotions in the world; my God has promised to never leave me nor forsake me.

Within His arms and promises I find peace.

Join me?