RULING EMOTIONS

I've heard many versions of these sayings 'Don't Allow Your Emotions To Determine Your Choices' and 'Don't Allow Your Emotions To Rule You'. And I have to disagree, the fact of the matter is without emotion you are numb and basically lifeless. Emotion drives everything from success or failure, love or dislike, to joy or sadness, and etc. If You are tired of a situation and arent driven by emotion to change it then how do You know You are tired? Being tired is an emotion, a feeling, a state of mind and I would either have to be fed up or ready for something new to change my situation and both are caused by my emotions towards it. Im not saying things cant change without the effort of the individual, I'm saying when human efforts are needed then they are  driven mostly by emotion. Now I do believe You should pray about any and all situations, but then they say wait on God, huh? What if God allows those emotions of anger, sadness, happiness and joy to motivate you to move forward and make a change? You must feel something inside that warrants Your decision making. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had to feel some type of emotion to drive him to fight, suffer and die for our Civil Rights and equality. And I wouldnt be where I am, good or bad, if my emotions didnt somehow fuel my decision making. The trick is to make the right decision but then again even the wrong decision can turn into a blessing. Jmt~LTJ
Fb post 04/14/2014