Feeling vs. Facts

"... we learn to live not by our feelings about God but by the facts. I refuse to believe my depressions; I choose to believe in God. If I break my leg I do not become less a person. My wife and children do not repudiate me. Neither when my faith fractures or my feelings bruise does God cast me off and reject me.

My feelings are important for many things. They are essential and valuable. They keep me aware of much that is true and real. But they tell me next to nothing about God or my relation to God. My security comes from who God is, not from how I feel. Discipleship is a decision to live by what I know about God, not by what I feel about him or myself or my neighbours." - Eugene H. Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction

WHO IS GOD TO YOU?

Hold on to those truths and facts about God and what He has done for you; and DO NOT let your feelings and emotions mislead you. And CHOOSE to live your life based on those facts, NOT feelings!

Those who trust in God are like Zion Mountain: Nothing can move it, a rock-solid mountain you can always depend on. Mountains encircle Jerusalem, and God encircles his people — always has and always will. The fist of the wicked will never violate what is due the righteous, provoking wrongful violence. Be good to your good people, God, to those whose hearts are right! God will round up the backsliders, corral them with the incorrigibles. Peace over Israel! - Psalm 125 (The Message)