Feeling the Feels

Taking time to feel our emotions fully is essential for healing and finding peace, especially during difficult seasons when many are experiencing loss, fear, and uncertainty.

• It's completely okay to have feelings and allow yourself to go through the emotional process
• Jesus himself expressed emotions through tears, showing that emotional expression is natural
• Seeking counseling is not shameful but a valuable resource we should utilize
• Fear sometimes functions as a warning mechanism to prepare us for what's ahead
• We can acknowledge emotions without drowning in them
• Self-care during tough times might include reading, cleaning, or other nurturing activities
• For those who feel they must always be "the strong one," it's important to know support is available

If you're hurting because of any kind of loss, may you be restored in peace and love. You will survive this challenging time.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning y'all.
It's Saturday, faith Fuel andI'm just coming on really
quickly to share just a,hopefully a little bit of
encouragement.
So just said it again, y'all,because I'm actually getting
ready to head out and I justwanted to stop by real quick and
see how everybody's doing andthen I wanted to share something
.
I think all of us know this,but just sometimes it's good to

(00:24):
be reminded that it's okay tohave the feelings.
It's okay to feel the feelings.
Allow yourself to go throughthe process.
So there's so many folks thatright now and rightfully so
there's a lot of things going onright now in people's lives.
Some of the things that I'mhearing from even close friends,

(00:44):
of losses, of just this senseof fear.
There's still excitement,there's still hope, joy, but all
of those are still evenfeelings.
Like you know, I don't want youto be afraid of even being
happy right now, but let's bereal, y'all Things are going
down in people's lives.
A lot of us don't know what'sgoing down, and it's okay for us

(01:08):
to have the feelings, so whatwe don't want to do is to drown
in it.
The Lord himself one of myfavorite when I was little, when
people used to you know howmany little people ask you like
what's your favorite Biblescripture?
Mine would be Jesus' whip,because it was the shortest one.
I can remember it.
But even looking back at thatnow, it's still one of my
favorite because it shows thatthe Lord himself had emotions

(01:32):
and he expressed the emotionsthrough tears.
So I just I want to encourageyou.
Counseling is not a curse.
If you need to get counseling,you know the tools and resources
that are available to us thatwe, that again, that we should
use.
You know there should be noshame with that.

(01:53):
So if you're feeling low or ifyou're feeling down, like last
night, I had such a heavy senseof fear, and it just was.
It was so heavy that I was like, all right, holy Spirit, you're
going to have to take thiscloak of fear off of me, because
this is not you, and let merest.
And I was able to sleep verypeacefully.

(02:13):
But that was my response as Isensed it, I expressed it, I
felt it, I didn't go Pollyannaand just, oh, jesus, take the no
, you have to allow yourself tosense and experience the
emotions.
And then your response then isyou know, lord, how do I handle

(02:34):
this?
Some of these things.
Sometimes the fear as amechanism is to prepare you.
It's like a warning.
So it's not always a bad thing,right, it's a warning and just
to prepare you.
So, anyway, that's what I had.
I just wanted to come on andjust encourage you to say it's
okay to feel the feels.
We just won't drown in them,right?

(02:55):
So I pray that this blessed you, I pray that this encouraged
you.
If you're in a low place rightnow some people are momentarily
low and they're popping back upor if you're feeling alone or
you're feeling depressed oranything like that, I just want
to pray for you, if you allow meto.
I know we don't let everybodypray for us, I know, I know, but

(03:15):
I just want to pray that Godwill meet you where you are,
that you will get the peace andthe comfort that you need and
that he'll give you clearguidance and wisdom on the next
steps of what you got to do.
And if you're hurting becauseof a loss in your family or a
loss in your job, a loss of anykind, that you will be restored

(03:37):
in peace and love.
And again, for those who, maybeyou can't even talk to your
family members about it, becauseyou're the strong one.
Trust me.
I know, okay, that on the otherside of the social media world,
on the other side of thiscamera, here is somebody who I
genuinely care about, anybodywho sees any of my videos, even

(03:59):
if you only see one, and this isthe one you see that I
genuinely want you to succeedand I want you to win and I want
you to know that you willsurvive this.
All right, I love y'all.
I hope that, blessed, you havea good Saturday y'all, okay.
So y'all know I'm in Georgia.
It's supposed to be rainy today.
If you're on the streets, becareful driving.

(04:20):
All right.
If you're at home, enjoy therain, and you know, enjoy.
This is a time where you can,you know, pull out some books,
get some reading done, get yourcleaning done, get your
self-care done, whatever you gotto do, um, and to enjoy your
life.
We have one life to live.
Amen.
All right, I love y'all.
Have a great saturday and y'alltake care.
Bye.