I am an emotional woman. Heck, In high school, I was voted most emotional out of my senior class. I am not sure if that is something to be proud of … or if it just something that was (and still at times holds to be true). I am emotional.
I wear my heart on my sleeve. I say what I think. I have very little filter. I am very easily moved to tears. Emotional. Yup. That about sums up this sleep deprived, often lonely, mama to three wild and crazy little boys. Emotional.
I am Italian after all. I do my best to keep calm, quiet, and reserved. But God made me special, loud, and at times very emotional. However, these raw emotions that we feel… we often times take out on those we love the most. Our husbands. Our kids. Our family. Our friends.
We may exhibit patience and kindness when talking with the grocery clerk, a co-worker, even the difficult person at the returns counter; but, at home, sometimes the smallest, most trivial things set women off, sparking an angry word, cruel comment behind someone’s back, or a flood of tears.
All women experience these ‘unglued feelings’ at times, often when they least expect it. These emotions are not wrong, in fact they are God-given.
However, our emotions should be indicators not dictators. Each experience is an opportunity to either fall back into patterns that make us wallow in guilt or chose more wisely and make progress.
TerKeurst equips women with spiritual strategies to help them manage their reactions. It’s one thing to tell a woman to control her feelings but a whole new kind of help to show her step by step how to let this situation work for her rather than against her.
I am a big Lysa Terkeurst fan! I am currently reading Lysa’s latest book, Unglued, and it has really spoken to me!! I admit, I struggle with controlling my raw emotions with those who I am closest too. I at times spew ugliness at those who I love.
I am learning to manage my reactions and control my feelings. Learning to know with confidence how to resolve conflict in my important relationships (i.e. with my children and homeschooling them). Find peace in my most difficult relationships as I learn to be honest but kind when offended. Identify what type of reactor I am and how to significantly improve with communication. Respond with no regrets by managing my tendencies to stuff, explode or react somewhere in between. And to gain a deep sense of calm by responding.
I am a work in progress. I am imperfect. God is not finished with me yet. Thank you Jesus! I am enjoying this book, learning a lot about myself and my relationships… and I think you will be blessed by this book too!
Disclosure: I received this book for free to review. No compensation was received. All opinions and praise of this book are my own.
dgmomof3 says
Currently reading it and loving it. I am on Lysa’s bandwagon for sure. This is just the third book of hers that I am reading/have read and I plan on tracking all of her older books down. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.