Emotional life (continued)

Ecclesiastes 11:10      New English Translation

10 Banish emotional-stress from your mind.

and put away pain from your body;

for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

Emotional life (continued)

Emotional life is not dependable and cannot be built on the existence

If one walks by emotion, he usually comports himself well

He moves in a wave-like fashion and bemoans his existence

He is filled with ups and downs in experiencing life’s cartel

Unstable is the foundation like a house build on sand

Even the tiniest mishap seems to crack the walls

An alternating existence controlled by if and when

The Spirit’s walk left long ago, just after the first fall

The Spirit’s voice becomes very week the grater the distance be

Helpless it seems to utter being drowned out by emotion

The greatest enemy in the Christian life, a formidable foe indeed

Is the one we love so much through our feelings in devotion?

If emotions would just shut up; intuition could be detected

And the Spirit’s longing could influence my mind

The image of my Lord would in me be reflected

So in a hopeless world, peace through Him would be defined

When no one disturbs the water; the pond appears to be clear

It is such communication between the Holy Spirit and mine

Tranquility and peace in understanding will be near

Without self-imposed inflation, the greatest treasure so to find

Is there a great difference between inspiration and emotion?

How can I distinguish one from the other?

Well, the second comes from the outside and not from devotion.

And the first from the Holy Spirit to man’s spirit in the inner man.

Jan Wienen