Mood Swings

My emotions go up and down. How can I best handle them?

God’s Response

Many of the older priests, Levites, and other leaders remembered the first Temple, and they wept aloud when they saw the new Temple’s foundation. The others, however, were shouting for joy. The joyful shouting and weeping mingled together in a loud commotion that could be heard far in the distance. Ezra 3:12-13

I cannot keep from speaking. I must express my anguish. I must complain in my bitterness. Job 7:11

God created your emotions, and it’s perfectly natural to experience highs and lows. However, your emotions can distract you from God if you worry too much, get caught up in doing the wrong things, or let anger control you. Don’t deny your emotions, but don’t let them master you or cause you to sin. God has given you the emotions of sorrow and joy, peace and anguish, love and anger, gratitude and doubt, and all can be used to deepen your relationship with him. Express all your feelings to him and let him address your needs.

God’s Promise

Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness. 2 Peter 1:6