day no. 15,212: feeeeeelings should be allowed a seat on the bus; just not the driver's seat

"We live in a time where feelings are something we’re extremely obsessed about. And we look at this scene with Christ and we see Him feeling intensely. He’s feeling incredibly intensely. Our feelings should given to God to be confirmed by Him or thrown down! By all means, tell God exactly how you feel, just like Christ does here. Be raw and completely honest. And then add the same phrase, ‘Yet not what I will, but what You will.’ No matter what, no matter how mature you may be, your feelings should never be given the steering wheel. Not even Christ’s feelings in the garden were given control. Christ DID NOT FEEL like going to the Cross. So much that He was weeping tears like blood and begging His Father to spare Him from it… and yet He said, ‘Yet not what I will, but what You will.’ Given that Christ's feelings in a place of difficulty were not given control, why should yours ever be? Why would you ever give your emotions free reign when Christ in this situation didn't? His feelings submitted to the will of God." - N.D. Wilson