A Bundle of Emotions

First Tuesday MANAGING YOUR MOODS Session #1 A Bundle of Emotions We all feel such a wide range of emotions. As you begin this study, which of your moods and emotions most trouble you? Lucy Swindoll: If I choose to live out of my emotions, no telling what might happen or where I might go to salve my depression, dissatisfaction, or discouragement. Feelings fluctuate with the day, the wind, my hormones, circumstances, and human relationships. But because God told me he doesn’t change, I can choose to believe him no matter how I feel. When we start talking about moods and emotions, we must begin with the heart. I guess you could say it’s the heart of the matter! We call it the seat of our emotions, and we try to explain our feelings by referring to it. People can be described as hardhearted, softhearted, open hearted, warmhearted, coldhearted, fainthearted, or even heartless. Some people wear their heart on their sleeve. We know what its like to lose heart, take heart, have our heart set on something, have a change of heart, and have our hearts skip a beat. We know what it’s like to do something to our heart’s content. We can be heavyhearted, halfhearted, or lighthearted. A story can be heartwarming, heart wrenching, or heartening. We can share from our hearts, set our hearts on a thing, learn something by heart, have our hearts in the right place, and win the hearts of others. We have known heartache. We have been heartsick. Some days we don’t have the heart to tackle the job heartily, going at it heart and soul. Those we love are always close to our hearts. We have people who are dear to our hearts and set our hearts at rest. We know the kinds of things that do a heart good. We have read God’s word and taken it to heart. We have given heartfelt thanks for the blessings we receive. We know, in our heart of hearts, the right thing to do. And I hope, from the bottom of my heart, you will follow after God with all your heart. Whew!!! How about a hearty Amen to that!...