Quotes about Emotions

emotional health and spiritual maturity are inseparable. It is not possible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature.

In neglecting our intense emotions, we are false to ourselves and lose a wonderful opportunity to know God. We forget that change comes through brutal honesty and vulnerability before God.

Christian spirituality, without an integration of emotional health, can be deadly—to yourself, your relationship with God, and the people around you.

Ignoring our emotions is turning our back on reality; listening to our emotions ushers us into reality. And reality is where we meet God … Emotions are the language of the soul. They are the cry that gives the heart a voice … However, we often turn a deaf ear — through emotional denial, distortion, or disengagement. We strain out anything disturbing in order to gain tenuous control of our inner world. We are frightened and ashamed of what leaks into our consciousness.

Our churches are filled with "leaking" Christians who have not treated their emotions as a discipleship issue.

no other person has ever lived your life. You may be wondering what will happen if you engage in this journey of emotionally healthy spirituality, if you take seriously God's purpose for you to increasingly live faithfully out of the life he has given you.

We numb our pain through denial, blaming, rationalizations, addictions, and avoidance.

When we deny our pain, losses, and feelings year after year, we become less and less human.

God thinks. You think. God wills. You will. God feels. You feel.

Part of that likeness is to feel.

God intends that we mature in learning to recognize how he speaks and guides us through our feelings.

Ignoring our emotions is turning our back on reality.