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I’ve been sick since Friday… Today is my first day back at work (though I worked from home yesterday) … so I guess instead of posting about a very non-eventful weekend that really just ended with me saying to my wife “man, I’d like a do over on this one” … i’ll leave you with this that I originally posted last week on a discussion board in my online English Comp class.  — I’ll have more on the whole online class process later, i have some pros and cons to hash out… but for now…If you really think about it, the way we function is quite fascinating. God is amazing in His intelligent design. 

When you think about your favorite dessert or the home cooking your grandparents used to serve up, you can remember loving the taste. Your mouth may water and it may seem like you can almost taste it, but the truth is the taste is not in your mouth at all… Or imagine your first kiss, or the first time you held hands, or the first time you rode an intense coaster… the [physical] feelings are recalled, but your stomach doesn’t actually drop like it does on the ride itself.

However, when it comes to emotions, our brains not only recall specific events but our emotions are truly felt. Thinking of seeing my father lying in the ICU may bring a tear to my eye and a lump in my throat. Likewise, recalling holding my newly born children will do the same. Yet even as I type this I can literally feel the range of emotions. Fear and heaviness turns to joy, excitement and a sense of new beginnings. Its fascinating isn’t it?

But the truth is we cannot learn from our emotions alone. Think of how dangerous this is! Feelings come and go on a whim. How many more divorces would we have if we all acted on the impulse of our emotion? How many more kids would drop out of school when the going got tough? How many people who are striving to follow Christ would turn away from their faith at the first sign of doubt?

We must be able to use the emotion coupled with facts — which are often blurred by emotion– to learn. The truth of the matter is I would have denounced church (not Christ) a long time ago if I did not allow others to speak truth through my emotions. And for me at least, that has been the key to growth… allowing my emotions to be tested with Truth in order to see the lesson that God has put before me.

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