dancing with Jesus

He must have created us to invite us into the dance, to say: " If you glorify me, if you centre your entire life on me, if you find me beautiful for who I am in myself, then you will step into the dance , which is what you are made for. You are made not just to believe in me or to be spiritual in some general way, not just to pray and get a bit of inspiration when things are tough. You are made to centre everything in your life on me, to think of everything in terms of your relatinoship to me. To serve me unconditionally. That's where you will find your joy. That's what the dance is about." - Tim Keller

This centering on Jesus is something that has helped regulate my emotions, and being able to regulate emotions is good. Being able to regulate emotions means not having extreme mood swings. And avoiding extreme mood swings means not needing to succumb to negative mood disturbances, and not needing to succumb to that means that I am unlikely to be upset enough to say or do things I will regret. In addtion, the sense of stability gives me strength to be able to give of self to others. If I am so consumed from handling my personal problems, how much energy is left to give to others, right? Bouncing back from setbacks is faster, recovering from hurts easier, forgiving others becomes possible. There are fewer wants and desires because I have learnt to distinguish between things of eternal value and those of temporal value. Of course, sometimes I get sidetracked by distractions but centering on Jesus really helps. He's like an anchor that secures me. Woot!

And to be able to write this when I am PMSsing is really by God's grace!!! :)
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