The Importance Of Feelings

Have you ever imagined a life without feelings? With no love, no emotion whatsoever, no fear, no anger no feelings at all. No pleasure when you eat, no enchantment when you see something nice or you hear a beautiful song. I think that without feelings life would not be worth living. It would be just like a machine, a robot that knows its role, it's part and that's it, the same thing will eventually happen tomorrow.
Indeed...I guess it could be not more but a continual repetition, because without any excitement of discovery...who'd even bother thinking and creating something new? No joy, no satisfaction, no motivation. An arid picture, a desert, that's what we'd be without feelings.

Thank God we all have feelings and God in the beginning put us in a lovely garden, the Garden of Eden where God Himself, our Creator and Father, used to come to talk to His creation - the man. How nice that must have been! No fear of rejection, no hate, but love, the excitement of discovering the new, being the king of everything God created on Earth, how peaceful and lovely.

However, we would have blamed God if He hadn't given us the free will in the first place. He did give us the power to choose...and Adam chose. He chose what God told him not to choose and here we are today. God said Adam would die if he chose wrong...and we all know this cruel reality of death to this day, don't we?

Yet...from the first chapters of His Book, the Bible, God told us that we, humans will be sent a Redeemer, a second, sinless Adam. Jesus Christ is God's second Adam; His coming was announced by God through over 300 Bible prophecies, thousands of years before His coming.

He did come praised be His Holy Name! Yes, Jesus Christ came and proved the world that they were living in sin and cannot be holy through their own effort, regardless how hard they tried. He came to tell us that through His sacrifice, we all can benefit to have our lives cleaned of sin and our sins paid for. Along this, actually on top of it, the tremendous benefit of the restored relation to God, our Heavenly Father. He brought back life to humans! The first Adam failed to keep what he had, but Jesus Christ the Son of God is the second Adam who brought back all the blessings we've lost through sin.

It all went wrong when tempted by Satan, Adam gave in to his feelings and did what God had told him not to do. It is good to be curious and excited about discovering a new taste, a new color, a new perfume or aroma, isn't it? Of course it is, yet, our enemy, the old serpent who tempted man in the first place, knows how vulnerable we are when it comes to discovering new things and he will surely use that!
He will use your curiosity and your emotions to destroy you. What are drugs all about? Why is sex so tempting? All the "why not?" questions...until you see yourself robbed of love, robbed of life, robbed of everything good.

We wake up with broken hearts, destroyed families or even worse...we never have the chance to wake up.
That's why it is crucial to know the boundaries God created for your enjoyment. Jumping off the cliff will cause you to learn the law of gravitation...the hard way. God wants to spare us of loads of pain and grief when He tells us that every good thing is for our enjoyment but it is only good in a certain environment. Swimming in water (not in acid), sex in marriage, fire in the fireplace-not on the floor of your dormitory.

As the wise King Solomon says in his book, "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.
Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil."Proverbs 24: 23-27

Above all else, guard your heart ...for it is essential in life, it is the wellspring of life. In other words keep a close eye on your feelings. They can be like a wild horse and take you to disaster if you don't know how to ride them.

But you might have already lost control. In that case, there is an emergency call you can make :Psalm 50:15" and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me." Yes ask Jesus Christ the Son of God to help you out of any dark fountain of despair you might be in. His Hand can reach anywhere, and what's more, He wants to take you out of your misery more than you want to be taken out yourself! Talk to Jesus Christ daily, just as you would with a friend, and read His messages from the Bible. He will tell you what to do next!
In the meantime, watch your feelings!