How have you found your emotional ups and downs stabilized as you have grown closer to Christ? Redemption and renewal in Christ is a transformation of our whole being, including our emotional response to life events. It seems to be a life long process, discovering a perseverance that was not present before. Peace, joy, generosity, kindness and many other responses become natural. Our burdens and sorrow increase as well as we become sensitive to the stories of others, yet realizing that our Savior is with us each step of the way.
“To lose charity, tenderheartedness, sympathy, and generosity is always to simultaneously pervert the redemptive nature of biblical revelation. Narrowed “truth” may bristle enough to defend one city wall, but it is not good enough to conquer the world.” - David Powlison
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