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Date Posted: 21:40:02 04/22/02 Mon
#1,
Emotions...friends or foes. I agree with your commentary that emotions are not "bad" or "good" in and of themselves. As you say, it is their direction that is the issue. Jesus was certainly an emotional person. He was sad to the point of tears, was angry to the point of violence, and had anxiety to the point of shedding tears of blood. And if he was perfect, then emotions, particularly the supposedly "bad" ones, cannot be so bad.
Where did we get this idea that emotions are somehow a deviant or base part of our lives? I had dinner tonight with a dear friend from Taylor who struggling with anxiety. They said that when they started telling people about their problem, some said, "You just need to trust God more" and "Just get over it".
Have you ever seen the church show on Sunday mornings with Robert Shuller? He is a pastor down in Flordia and is the author of "The Power of Positive Thinking". I hate this book with all that I am. I want to be a suicide bomber in this church. Sorry......
The idea in this book is that if you have one of these "bad" emotions, then what you have to do is think positive thoughts. This is done all in name of victorious christian living. The life of the christian should be one of joy and happiness.
My suggestion is that emotions should not be stated in moral categories. "Be angry, but sin not." And by implication....be sad, be anxious, be happy, be joyful, but sin not. Morality is about what you do, not what you feel. You are sinful if you do something bad, not if you feel something "bad".
ak
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