Faith > Feelings

Hi everyone, and welcome back, or welcome to, the Bearing Fruit podcast. On this week's episode, we talk about how often as human beings, our feelings can play a role in our thoughts, words and deeds. But more specifically, how many of these thoughts, words and deeds, lead us straight to sin. Feelings are a beautiful gift from God. We are created as human beings who get to feel the same emotions Jesus himself once felt, and should never hinder, suppress, or reject this gift. However, sin can slowly make it's way when we act on feelings that cloud our judgement, or make us feel good temporarily. Personally, being a part of the mental health profession, it pains me to see the negative connotation that expressing your feelings can have. However, it pains me even more to see people react without a second thought, using their feelings as the basis of their actions. Walking by faith in-spite of my feelings, is something that has immensely shifted not only my perspective, but created such resilience in me that will not waiver. It's not easy placing faith before feelings, especially as reactive and subjective human beings, but, practicing this throughout my walk with Christ, has allowed me to face any challenge I am faced with, without any doubt that God will come through. Because if it's not good, then he's not finished.