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All tagged Emotional Wellness
How I learned to manage my emotions. For many years, my thoughts lay in a jumble pile and it was hard to sort through the processes in my mind. It took many years for me to understand that thinking effectively for clarity and sanity involved separating our thoughts. I know it seems strange but as I have said and will say often, it is necessary if you desire to attain any kind of success in life.
Joy in the storm. When the storms of life come we can rely on the underlying currents of love, peace, and joy that we’ve established by faith and the forgiveness of sin, and the hope empowerment of the Holy Spirit. The Lord sustains us, strengthens us, His hope anchors our soul, His word guides us, His love and joy lift us. The Lord sustains us, strengthens us, His hope anchors our soul, His word guides us, His love and joy lift us. We can have joy, we can live joy, because He has redeemed us and given us the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit produces joy in us as we dig deep and lean on God’s word in reading and praying.
Joy. I am affectionately known as The Joy Queen. I can’t remember who started calling me that, but it kinda stuck and in all honesty, I like it! Am I always “happy?” Nooooo, not by a long-shot! But I do live in a place of joy in the Lord! Why is this important? Because in times of living in the messy, we need to know where our Joy comes from so we can live free from fear, oppression and anxiety! Recently I asked a handful of my friends what the meaning of joy is to them and here are their responses:
Joy and Freedom. [In the voice of Sophia on Golden Girls] Picture it...Nassau, Bahamas. It's the year 2020. We're in the midst of a global pandemic. I'm sitting at my dining table in front of the laptop with my eyes closed. A breakthrough coach is guiding me through a visualization via Zoom.
The coach tells me to picture a peaceful place. I do. Then she says to imagine that God is there with me. I look around and there He is, just up yonder over there. She asks if I can see God. I don’t want to disturb this sacred moment so I breathe out a quiet “yes.”
