A word from heaven.

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A letter to the "Emo" Kid

Dear Emo kid,

I hope you are not cutting your wrist as you read this right now. Maybe you want to also switch off the heavy metal music that is blasting off your headphones at the moment. Also turn on the light and stop habituating in the dark room. Stop your emo msn-ing or sms-ing to someone as you read this article. Go wash your face, come back and continue reading this article.

Let me try to read your mind right now. Some of these thoughts will probably bring back some memories to you.

1) No one cares about me.

2) No one understands me.

3) Why do i have to grow up?

4) Life sucks, life is meaningless.

5) I have no real friends.

6) Why doesn't the guy/girl i love reciprocate my love?

7) I just want to be alone and let emotions within me run wild. It should feel good.

8) I feel like dying. There is nothing for me to live for already.

9) I'm a failure in life.

10) I'm not doing well (I think this is more of a Hope Church lingo)

If any of those thoughts have fallen into you before, don't fall into the Devil's trap. Let me give you some of my word of advice.

You see, when God first created Adam and Eve, he gave them the ability to feel. Just as he gave them the choice to stay faithful or to sin, he gave us the liberty to manage our own emotions.

When God created Adam and Eve, he never intended for them to sin. It was not his will for them. In the same way, when he created emotions in us, he never intended for us to use that ability to hate him. God placed emotions in us intending for us to use it to love him, not to "Emo" and draw away from him.

The Devil is very smart. He has successfully manipulated emotions to become a "I", "Me", "Myself" thing. I just want to feel this way. I can't help it. This is me, take it or leave it. It my emotions, i can do whatever i want with it. Some times when we go into our "pity-party" mode, we just want to go to the corner of the room and feel sorry for the state we're in! God never intended for us to use emotions as we like it to be used, although he had given us the freewill to do so.

God gave us the ability to love so that we can love him and love those around us. Not only to love ourselves. God gave us the ability to feel so that we can understand his compassion for those around us. God gave us the ability to be disappointed so that we'll know how hurt he was when we disappoint him. God gave us the ability feel joyful so that we can share in his joy! The list goes on...

So, Christians, stop saying you can't control your emotions. Stop giving excuses of your own sins by hiding behind the shield called emotions. You have a choice on whether to entertain emo thoughts or to chuck it one side and settle it when you are less hyped up about the issue. You have a choice about whether you should feed the emo thoughts or to starve them from additional thoughts. You have a choice.

At the end of the day, if you find your emotions are stopping you from giving your best to God, you may have to re-look into that area of your life. If you find yourself "Emo-ing" regularly and over the smallest things, you may have to grow in that area. Remember, emotions is not only about yourself, others around you will be affected as well. If you don't believe me, get someone from your cg to attend your caregroup session with a black face and see how you feel.

And guys, emo-ing about a girl you like is not going to make the girl like you more. In fact, it may be the exact reason why you are not attractive to the girl. How does one find security and comfort in a guy who is always emo-ing? I'm curious... This goes the same for girls emo-ing about guys yeah?

There are times that i am tempted to feel sorry for myself. This is especially after i serve so hard in ministry. Loneliness sometimes sets in as well. But i know that sitting at the corner of my bed, emo-ing about my sorry state is not going to help me out of it in any way, neither is it pleasing or glorifying to the kingdom of God. I've learnt to pray and channel my emotional energy in such a manner that i will always try my best to glorify God in how i handle my emotions.

Being able to handle your emotions is one sure sign of maturity. Grow up yeah?

Signing off,

Shockerbolt

What a perfect way to put it (No offense to the sisters though):

I came across this interesting article "Anti-Emo riot breaks out across Mexico" Amazing things are happening all over the world.

I've uploaded the "Emotions Series" Word for Life in the resource hub. If you are interested you can download them from the Restricted Area and ask me for the password.

Regards,

Jie Hui

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008