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Description
How do you feel about how you feel?
Our emotions are complex. Some of us seem able to ignore our feelings, while others feel controlled by them. But most of us would admit that we don't always know what to do with how we feel.
The Bible teaches us that our emotions are an indispensable part of what makes us human--and play a crucial role in our relationships with God and others. Exploring how God designed emotions for our good, this book shows us how to properly engage with our emotions--even the more difficult ones like fear, anger, shame, guilt, and sorrow--so we can better understand what they reveal about our hearts and handle them wisely in everyday moments.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction: How Do You Feel about How You Feel?
Part 1: Understanding Emotions
- Sometimes It’s Good to Feel Bad
- What Exactly Are Emotions?
- Emotions Don’t Come in Single File
- Emotions Happen in Your Body
- You Relate to Others When You Feel with Them
- Why Can’t I Control My Emotions?
Part 2: Engaging Emotions
- Two Pitfalls
- Engage: A Better Option
- Engaging Emotions Means Engaging God
- Engaging Relationships
- On Nourishing Healthy Emotions
- On Starving Unhealthy Emotions
Part 3: Engaging the Hardest Emotions
- Engaging Fear
- Engaging Anger
- Engaging Grief
- Engaging Guilt and Shame
- A Museum of Tears
Appendix: Does God Really Feel? The Doctrine of Impassibility
General Index
Scripture Index
