Day 10 : Prayer over significant feelings
God communicates with us not only through mental insight but also through our "Interior movements" as He called them : our feelings, emotions, desires, attractions, repulsions and mood.
Feelings are neither positive nor negative, it's what we do with them that raises moral questions.
Reading Psalm 117
1. Praise the Lord, all you nations ! Extol Him, all you peoples !
2. His mercy for us is strong ; the faithfulness of the Lord is forever. Hallelujah !
Reflections
Today, I had two strong feelings which are anger and anxious on the first half of day
These feelings lead me away from God, make me not practicing self - giving and loving, but make me self center.
I care too much about myself, my plan than my children so it annoys me when they do something that not according to my expectation and pace.
In the end of the half day, I felt tired and looking at them as burdens instead of gifts from God.
After I wrote this in the afternoon when my kids were all woke up, I felt something different in me. God's grace touched me and overwhelmed me with joy and patience.
I was more patience with them, showering them with love and when we were in the car, I could crack a joke with them and laugh together with them. It was such a true joy when I could lower down myself and my expectation to them.
I really need God's grace to help me to change my stubborn heart, calming down my soul, change my paradigm about the children in daily basis, because by my own strength, I couldn't.
I need His Holy spirit to help me practicing humility towards my children, so instead of forcing my way and pace to them, I let myself to slow down, lower down my expectations, looking at their perspective and having fun with them
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