I’m in the process of reading through the Psalms. In years past I never enjoyed reading them except for a few of the chapters. It seemed all David and the other writers did was complain or plea to God for help with some crisis in their lives. People would say how much they loved reading them and I’d just wonder why?

Now that I am reading these same chapters, I cherish each one of them. The difference–I’m awake to my own emotions instead of burying them so I’d never feel. I use to think David might have been a good leader but he sure was a wimp when it came to feeling sorry for himself. Now I realize just how genuine he was and how ingenuine I had been.

The other awakening for me is just how emotional God is. These Psalms cry out to God and He responds to them. There are no fact lines or research findings, they tell the heart of the writers just like David expressed so well in all of the ones he wrote. God wants to know our heart and emotions. He created us this way and only now do I respect this instead of hiding it.

Our heart and emotions do not make us weak, they make us complete. I never want to carry the burden of hidden emotions again. Yes, I need to always be cautious where they are shared, but hiding them as though they do not exist is the real error.