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I was just talking with a fellow Warrior about how accepting something on an intellectual level doesn\u2019t mean that the emotional component subsides. In fact, the two sit side by side each other as if two strangers on a sub-way with not enough space on the seat. It\u2019s almost as if, however, that we think that the intellectual realization of something should make the emotional aspect more bearable. It doesn\u2019t. \u00a0In fact, sometimes, the intellectual realization of something makes the emotional aspect more intense. You see, before we realized something on an intellectual level, we may have been oblivious, and almost a little more protected (in our ignorance) regarding the degree of the emotional pain or discomfort that something was causing us.<\/p>\n
Wow, that was a mouthful \u2013 or a heart-full. This concept hit me about a year ago, and I was excited about it. I felt a little more powerful, a little more-free, less confined when I realized that the intellectual knowledge of something doesn\u2019t mean that I exist in an emotional free reality. Until I realized that the two concepts are almost like oil and water, I walked around confused and exhausted trying to shake the two together, thinking that \u201cSince I now knew something, I should feel better about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
I mean, \u201cNow that I have the intellectual answer to something, I should feel a sense of resolution about this issue.\u201d I have to say that learning the \u201creason,\u201d i.e. the intellectual answer to something, does help a little; it at least sheds some light on the topic and lessens the confusion of why I feel or act a certain way, but it sure doesn\u2019t mean that \u201cNow that I officially know why I\u2019m upset doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m automatically not upset anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
I just wanted to share this because you may be walking around wondering why, now that you know the reason to something, why in the world are you still upset by it? Gaining knowledge doesn\u2019t mean we gain super-human powers to feel less emotional. In fact, maybe we become more emotional once we understand the issues. They goal then, at this point, is to go to God with it and say, \u201cOkay, God, I now know that the reason I have been so upset is because _______________. Will You now help me manage my emotions surrounding this new-found knowledge. \u00a0 And can you give me a new sense of insight and healing surrounding this new-found knowledge? \u00a0I can\u2019t merge the two concepts. \u00a0Will You merge, create, and fold together the two concepts within me and make me anew?\u201d<\/p>\n
The cool thing about God is He can do it! For example, I remember being extremely crushed over some medical news. I was so distraught that I told God, \u201cOkay, my heart is shattered in a million pieces over this. I don\u2019t even see how even, You, God, can put my heart back together. \u00a0After all, some of the pieces of my heart are dust \u2013 not even pieces anymore.\u201d \u00a0To this God responded, \u201cI will give you a new heart, one that is more equipped to handle what I am asking you to handle.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>I almost chuckled. \u201cOf course, You will give me a new heart. You are God. \u00a0You aren\u2019t bound by my old heart\u2019s limits, by my mentality, or by my despair. \u00a0You are God! You can give me a brand new upgraded, stronger, more steadfast, faith-filled model of a heart because you are God.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Ezekiel 36:26<\/p>\n I kind of felt like chuckling at that moment because I realized that God is God; \u00a0 He can take the oil of intellectuality and lovingly shake and mix it with the water of my emotional tears and cleanse my soul with insight, equip me to endure, and encourage me with His wisdom.<\/p>\n All this also comes from the Lord Almighty, wonderful in counsel and magnificent in wisdom.<\/em><\/p>\n Isaiah 28:29<\/p>\n And this is my prayer; that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ \u2013 to the glory and praise of God.<\/em><\/p>\n Philippians 1:9-11<\/p>\n Kristina Seymour\u00a0<\/strong>loves to encourage and equip women through the Word and through community. She is the author of The Warrior Mom Handbook, The Warrior Mom Leadership Manual, and The Warrior Wife Handbook; they are available at Amazon.com. Kristina’s Bible studies are for women who desire to live by faith in the midst of their everyday lives. She has learned that women can’t survive on caffeine and animal crackers alone; women in the Word and in community are united and able to stand firm. To learn more about Kristina, please visit her website, https:\/\/kristinaseymour.com\/.\u00a0<\/em>God loves to share His story of love and grace through us all, and Kristina believes that everyone has a story to tell.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was just talking with a fellow Warrior about how accepting something on an intellectual level doesn\u2019t mean that the emotional component subsides. In fact, the two sit side by side each other as if two strangers on a sub-way with not enough space on the seat. It\u2019s almost as if, however, that we think<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[86,563,633,2686,221,7137,1212,5265,858,656,857,561,859,562],"class_list":["post-21646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-devotionals","tag-daily","tag-devotions","tag-doesnt","tag-emotional","tag-free","tag-intellectual","tag-knowledge","tag-march","tag-mom","tag-reality","tag-warrior","tag-week","tag-wisdom","tag-womens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}