Feelings define as:
- an awareness by your body of something in it or on it
- an emotional state or reaction entangled with thoughts
Feelings are also said to be:
- unreasoned opinions or beliefs
People normally do not understand their self worth and therefore fall into deception concerning their value and range of importance in life. This is when many go into depression, and/or often take upon themselves thoughts of personal bodily harm.
We live in a deceptive world moved by the five sense realm. Although the sense realm is of great value to us, we are not to be moved or led in totality by our senses. There is a six sense of sort ... "the realm of faith." This is the place of the substance of things hoped for, that brings forth the evidence of the unseen realm. Faith comes from truth. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. [Romans 10:17] This truth that will keep a person free of deceptive lies such as:
- You have not made a positive difference in any ones life.
- What good are you anyway?
- Nothing you do maters.
- You are just a failure.
- Everything you do causes more harm than good.
Sometimes these words come to us by others, but other times they come from within ourselves because we have not lived lives affirmed.
Some people come out of verbal abusive backgrounds, others marry into verbal abuse, while some just bump into it through life. It is something that will touch everyone in some way throughout their earth walk, simply because we live among immature and hurting people
Those evil words hinge and hold until the truth of God push them out. And as long as those words live in the soil of our lives they will cause hurt. These words will affect our emotional well being, our heath and also others if allowed.
The old saying: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" is so far from truth. Words are what the universe (heavens) hang on. Words are powerful! Words Heal and Words Hurt!
Throughout Genesis Chapter One we find:
Ten times God said, as he was molding the chaos into something good.
Four times we find that God had made something (with his words).
And seven times we find God saw what he made and it was good.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they they love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Psalms 107:20
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
Proverbs 6:2
Thou are snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Proverbs 15:26
A soft answer turns away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul (mind will and emotions), and health to the bones.
Proverbs 18:8
Words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the inner most pat of the belly.
These are just a few scripture truths from the ancient writings of those inspired by the Spirit of God.
Words matter.
Hebrews 4:12
For the Word of God is quick, powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerener of thoughts and intents of the heart.
Words are powerful, but the Word of God is strong and can cut out the poisonous affects of all the evil spoken to you, at you, or around us. Just as it can move deep into our own thoughts and intents keeping us from using our own words disastrously.
I have many battle wounds of harsh words. But I live whole today because of the overcoming life of Christ. And you can too. I will spare you the details of every battle and share only one with you later in the blog. I know what words can do, both constructively and destructively. Loose words hurt ... The Word of God heals! Well thought out and planned words bring help, refreshing, peace, health, prosperity, life and wholeness in every way.
If a person surrenders their life to their feelings, they will never walk in the fullness of the Spirit. But if they will surrender, and choose to walk in the fullness of the Spirit they can walk above mere feelings. They will walk in victory.
Feelings change. Truth does not! Realities might change, but truth remains!
There is one unchanging source for each person who choose to believe and receive it and that is God. He is unchanging. He is truth. Jesus said, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father (God) except through me. [John 14:6] And so it is, and so it will always be!
Times may change, ideas may change, dress codes, economy, educational methods, and people. But God... never changes, He remains unchanged in a world changing.
In Christ we move from Glory to Glory and faith to faith. Yes, we all live among change ... but unchanging God can live within us and hold us together during all the transitions, transformations and metamorphosis of life. Feelings will never do this ... left to feelings we will fall apart.
Now for the one event in my life I promised from earlier in the blog.
I had been saved for some time. I had walked with God and been healed of many things in my life. I had served Him (serving people) for many years. Then I was called upon by the Holy Spirit to go to Mission School.
God worked out all the details, even down to my daughter being able to go with me and attend mission classes for children parallel with mine. I couldn't have been more excited and ready to move ahead in ministry.
At graduation my daughter and I had one precious observer "my faithful husband". But it matter little who was or wasn't there. My husband was enough (the other part of me). And besides that, I was obeying the Lord and understood most people could not make such a long trip for a graduation that was several states away (even if they had wanted to). Yet what I was not thrilled with, was the lies that would withstand my character during these days. Character attacks coming from words of those who were suppose to be looking after my soul.
You walk as prepared as you possible can for victory, but we are human; we live in flesh bodies and have a soul (mind, will and emotions). So feelings will show up in life, even when you are walking with God. Just don't let them rule.
During these days of attack, I recall only one direct hit. And it went into my soul like an arrow. I recall many that stung. But none that went as deep or wounded like this one.
It was the one coming to destroy my worth, my value and my significance. And it was the one that caught my feelings (emotions), entangling them to physical pain and mental anguish. When these words rolled out toward me it Hurt!
The words spoke were: "ANY THING THAT YOU HAVE DONE HAS CAUSED MORE HARM THAN GOOD!"
Those words were like a stick of dynamite exploding in my soul. You see, all I had even wanted in life was to make a positive difference by obeying the Holy Spirit. And I had obeyed him every step of the way, to my own hurt.
Did I 'feel' let down by God? No.
Could I have 'felt' let down by God? Yes, had I not spent enough time with him to know Him.
Knowing God in your life is vital to your successes.
Was my feelings hurt? Yes, deeply.
Was I angry. Yes, very!
But in the midst of the pain and anger, I knew the one who would be truth to me and I needed truth to set me free.
So I ran to Jesus. The one I knew as "the truth". I ran to the Word of God. And I opened up my wounds and my life to my three dimensional God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
I laid on my face in a quite room with my faithful husband at my side still. A place where I could wail out the pain and cry out to God, and afterwards in the quietness of my brokenness, hear from the truth giver.
I had to know if what was said about me was truth or lie.
"Had my life counted for nothing?"
"Had all my labors of love went unnoted?"
"Had I caused Harm, as those painful accusing words had imploded?"
I wanted truth. If I had caused harm ... I did not want to carry another message.
If I had caused harm I did not want to serve another table.
If I had been this kind of person, I wanted to be changed or leave planet earth.
If all my labors had been for nothing I wanted to cease from labors and service.
As I cried out among fickle and painful feelings; feelings that erupted from words spoken to cause me pain, anguish and personal harm as well as character demise, I was ready to hear truth. No matter what the truth was ... I had to know in order to come to terms with my life!
And after the storm of emotions ceased, and my prayer flowed:
Father I must know, have I caused more harm than good? Has my labors of love and battles been in vain? Have I failed you?
The answer came in the still small voice of the Holy Spirit that always aligns with his Word. And in the midst of my inner most being I heard the sweetness of the Spirit saying: Psalm 9 ... Psalm 9 begin to roll out of my mouth. Pslam 9, Pslam 9. My husband ask, "do you know what Pslam 9 says?" I didn't, not right off the cuff. I shook my head and rose to pick up my Bible.
From my broken state, I opened my Bible to Psalms 9 my eyes falling upon verse 4 saying:
... You have endorsed my work, declaring from your throne that it is good.
One translation reads:
... I have looked upon the works of your hands and declared them good works.
And at these words my feelings were changed. My heart was made whole.
Do words hurt? Do words heal? Yes! And the Word of God makes whole!
Don't allow evil words to declare your value and significance in life, but rather go to the Father when your feelings are tumultuous and see what he has to say. Let the Sprit of God rule and reign in your life! Let Him Show you who you are and declare over you his thoughts!
Some may wonder ... what ever happened with me in minstry? I'm still standing. My feet have traveld into over 12 countries and served many people. And I will continue to serve as long as he declares my works good works!
In a World of People ... You are Important!
Allow God to declare you righteous!
Allow him to use you when others opinions of you are wrong!
Allow him to use you when others opinions of you are wrong!
