Send Your Emotions to the Cleaners
by Eleanor Isaacson
When we think of cleansing, we immediately think of having to get "rid" of something, either in our homes, our bodies, our emotions, or in our lives.
We all know we need to detox and cleanse our emotions even more than our homes and bodies. But we also know how difficultit is to do. It is much easier to clean out our homes, since this is a tangible task. We see immediate results from our efforts. Cleaning out the body also has tangible results because we feel better when we detox. Our body is very forgiving when we have abused it. It will spring back to health when we give it the right foods.
Our emotions are a different story. They are hidden feelings, thoughts, and fears. We really can’t put a finger on the actual problem. We don’t know why we feel and think the way we do. It is an intangible haunting, something that holds us in its grip, sometimes for a lifetime. Do you know that the victim mode in people’s lives has no solution? We must stop thinking of being a victim to our past and our present. We don’t know what it is that makes us unhappy with ourselves and with our lives. We feel it has got to be somebody’s fault why we are that way. We are unhappy. So we run to psychiatrists, who dig deep into our past, identify the hurts and abuses, tell us “we should live with it,” and happily hand us the bill. Then they tell us “You need to keep coming back to get healed!” Well, they can dig into our past and bring it all into the present, but they cannot “heal” our emotions.
Let's talk about some of the symptoms of polluted emotions. Anger, mistrust of people, fear, loneliness (not aloneness), a feeling of being detached from the rest of humanity, depression, sleeplessness, fatigue, loss of appetite, addictive behavior towards justa bout anything - food, alcohol, drugs - harmful relationships, lack of self-esteem (a very obvious symptom), and inability to handle healthy relationships.
Accept the historic fact that He died for your sins and wants you to be whole, clean, and useful to Him. In John 15:3, He said to His disciples, “You are clean through the Word I have spoken onto you.” He came to makeus all wholesome people. He wants you to be healed in every way. So be in the Word.
and then trust that He will get to the job in His Way and His Time. Be open to the events that will follow after you have committed this to Him. He will probably use people, maybe even toxic people, to bring about your healing. This will force you to trust Him.
Remember, His purpose for any test is to draw you closer to Himself...so Trust.
I begin my day with the Word, prayer, and lots of praise, and I end the day that way too. It makes the day go really well.
Go to them, and tell them that now that you have become a true Christian Believer, you want to clear things up. John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful, and just to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” If we do one thing, confess our sins, He will do four things at the same time. There is cleansing when we confess, not only to God, but also to the people who have hurt us.”
inside and out, by doing everything to make it all happen. Believe the Love God has for you. He wants you well, whole, and joyful in Him.
and tell you, “You'll never amount to anything. ”Don’t listen to them. Get so full of the Word of God and His Love for you that their words won't bother you anymore.
Give them to the Lord, and think about wonderful things. Philippians 4:8 says, “…whatever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely and of good report,think on these things.” So what are these things? They are simply the Word of God and Hi swonderful love for all of us.
Remember, visual pollution is toxic for your soul and spirit. It’s all negative!
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I have counseled people for many years and have come to this conclusion: Only the Lord, who reaches deep into our spirit, can heal our emotions. I think most problems are of a spiritual cause. Satan wants us to doubt God’s love for us. If I can see the Hand of God, His great Love for me and His future plan for me, then I can take absolutely everything in faith, knowing “All things work together for good to them that Love God...” Romans 8:28. However, if I doubt His Love for me, no matter what comes my way, I can fall apart very quickly.
When we have made Jesus Christ the Lord of our lives by accepting His death on the cross for us, God begins the “cleanup job” on our lives — past, present, and our fears of the future. He not only identifies the events in our past, but also leads us back to that hurtful point, carrying us in His arms. He walks with us into the present with the hurtful event. He uses the pain and hurts to bring us closer to Himself. He loves us, and asks us to forgive our enemies. He blessesus through it all, and uses it to bless and heal lots of people through our experiences. I know. I have been through this.
We are all a part of a Fallen Race, since Adam and Eve sinned against the Lord. At that moment, Satan became the god of this world, which God gave to Adam originally. Adam was to rule the world, and subdue it. Genesis 1:28, “And God said unto them, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it (acquire a mastery over the material environment), and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.” In other words, Adam was the god of this world, commissioned by the Lord. But Satan wanted this job. So he had to make Adam and Eve sin before they had children. That way, he got the whole human race under his control. We know that his job is to keep people away from knowing the Lord. He knows that when he can destroy a child at an early age, he will have that person for the rest of his life. So, he is the great child abuser. But God can use our sad childhood experiences and bring us all to a wonderful knowledge of His Love through Jesus Christ. That is what happened to me. I will talk more about my experience at the upcoming Hallelujah Acres Women’s Retreat in October.
Eleanor Isaacson is the President of Image Dynamics Consultants and Touching the King Ministries. A noted lecturer, seminar and workshop leader, she specializes in training women in communication, poise, self-esteem, and fashion. You may contact Eleanor Isaacson at edi14@verizon.net.
Eleanor will be appearing at the 2007 Women’s Retreat, Hallelujah Acres International Headquarters.
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