Harmony
Part I; June 25, 2023
“Logic and Emotion”
A Balance of Logic and Emotion is the Foundation of:
Sustainable Relationships
Logic fails to believe that everyone has value, Emotion fails to create appropriate boundaries
Matthew 10:16, “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Jeremiah 17:9, The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
Genuine Hope
Logic fails to believe in the power of the unexplainable, Emotion fails to remember that the valley is only momentary
Psalm 139: 23-24, Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting
God’s Expression of Love
Logic fails to appreciate the gift of God’s compassion, Emotion fails to understand the purpose of conviction
God has two outstretched arms. One is strong enough to surround us with justice, and one is gentle enough to embrace us with grace. If God were only tough minded, he would be a cold, passionless despot sitting in some far-off heaven “contemplating all,” self-knowing but not other-loving. But if God were only tenderhearted, he would be too soft and sentimental to function when things go wrong and incapable of controlling what he has made, and helpless against the powers of evil. He is tough minded enough to transcend the world; he is tenderhearted enough to live in it. He does not leave us alone in out agonies and struggles. He seeks us in dark places and suffers with us and for us in our tragic prodigality. – MLK Jr.
2 Peter 3:8, The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
