constant vs. feeling

feeling

-often unreasoned opinion or belief

I often let my feelings rule who I am, what I do, what I think. They go up, they go down, and I go where they go. I lean on them. I think them to be true. I think them to be solid. I believe them. I dwell on situations in which my feelings take over. I over-analyze because my feelings try to take precedence.

Basically, because of letting my feelings take over, I'm a mess. I become scatter-brained, irrational, and, simply, stupid.



constant

-marked by firm steadfast resolution or faithfulness; exhibiting constancy of mind or attachment.

There aren't many constants in life. Death is one. I can't think of many others. I'd like to think a certain part of my life that I've lived could have been constant. It's not. It changed. My home has changed. My friends have changed. My job has changed. My church has changed. My feelings have changed. But, you know what hasn't changed? God & his Word.


I take a whole lot of comfort in the fact that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). He's not changin. He is solid. He is gracious and loving and forgiving. Just because my feelings go up and down, his feelings toward me aren't changin! Just because I screw him over, doesn't mean he's gonna screw me over. Just because I forget to acknowledge him, thank him, doesn't mean he's gonna shut the door in my face!

Instead of leaning so much on my feelings, I pray that I can learn to lean on the solidity of God's Word. It is truth! It is solid! And it's not goin anywhere! I want to own up to the fact that my feelings can take a backseat to the truth of the God. I want to believe what God has to say over what I think my feelings are trying to say.