You don't have to feel steady to stand on what's true

It is one of the most important lessons of this life—to recognize the difference between feeling your emotions + letting them take the lead.
Because in every season, no matter how stoic you claim to be, you will experience the weight of human emotions. Whether or not you decide to actually express them, walk through them, or process them will never negate the truth that you feel them.
And EVEN WHEN you convince yourself that you’re not, the existence of callousness when feelings can be rich is the very foundation of letting feelings decide your experience.
But either way—it is vital to welcome your emotions. To feel them, identify them, and sit with them.
But then—they must be run through the filter of truth.
They must be brought to the feet of the Father before you react and let them decide where your feet should go.

It is wild how much VOLUME can affect the VALUE you give something. Even when you know that it isn’t true, the loudness of its interruption or the imminence of its persistence makes you feel like you MUST give it more weight.
But also, it is wise to remember that when the storm is raging, the heart is longing for security. Desperate for hope. Aching for relief. Yearning for something to make the swirling stop. And so it reaches for whatever it can to cope with the hardship, conceal the tension so it’ll stop, or convince the mind to join the chorus as it rehearses the problem + nurtures the fear.
In a weird way, fear is comfortable. It’s like a little hole that you know will accept you and just let you stay hidden.
But being hidden in the dark is far different from being hidden in the light.

The power of the Holy Spirit is that YOU get to CHOOSE who gets the volume.
You get to silence the voice of the enemy as you interrupt it with the truth of Jesus Christ.
You get to abide and hide under the shadow of His wings instead of pleading for different weather.
Will you get wet? Sure. Will the harsh wind still hit your face? Probably. But truth is an anchor dropped in the storm that stills the commotion, helps you find your footing, + gives you PEACE.

Calm waters are nice but a calm soul amidst the storm is hell for the devil.