Mind over Emotions

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creations has come; The old has gone, the new is here.

Okay, I’m really having problems wrapping my head around this verse. (Okay, so it’s a lot of verses that I do that.) I have a problem with thinking this way. My comment usually goes something like, “I didn’t used to (fill in the blank).” Or “I use to (fill in the blank)”

This week one of the comments that I have said a lot is, “I use to be able to handle stress.” My friend reminded me that I am a “new creation.” I almost have to learn how to “handle” everything all over again. So, my question is, how?

I guess my brain can’t wrap my head around why you are a new creation after you accept Christ into your heart. Maybe it’s more along the lines of, I can’t see it. Or maybe, it’s along the lines of I’m not doing something right. (Which is probably more true!)


It’s kind of been a rough week, I’ve been a selfish a lot this week, and not made some very good choices. I forgot to, (or chose not to) look at the positive in my life. The devil pulled me down, again, and hard. I hit the floor (or the road). I guess I am getting better at realizing that it is the devil that’s doing that to me, but then I forget how to deal with it. I let me emotions rule how my week went! (BAD CHOICE!) I have to remember, mind over emotions.
 

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