Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Unconfirmed Feelings

I grew up with the church teaching that feelings are not reliable compass in life, especially as a spritual barometer for critcal crossroads. I still find my self in agreement to this early lessons in the christian faith yet i think we must know the difference between relying on them and totally ignoring them. Love, crushes and romantic impressions have made my world a little bit exicitng and made me willing to take a little risk.

what am i suppose to do? Im learning to put feelings in its proper place not relied upon yet not totally set aside. Though most of these unconfirmed feelings must be better kept safe in the secret compartment of my heart, its good to give a hint to others once in a while. Inside you see things that does not always have a corresponding biblical passage, you enjoy moments of laughter and ecstacy as you allow to revisit that little child in your heart. Like a horror movie you also see mysterious tragedy that if you put it on your sunday sermon it will never be understood. Sometimes an eerie feeling of the something gloomy, that seem not to leave your mind, some kind of a peep into the future and what you see makes your ears tingle.

Well words and feelings sometimes dont catch up with each other. You want to say it plainly only to find you have no right words that can best describe what you feel. Probably the best label is simply to call it UNCONFIRMED FEELINGS. It's another kind of adventure believe me, im slowly taking a risk to stay with it for a longer time. Who knows there's something to personally learn.

6 Comments:

Blogger arneltan said...

thanks alex tozer for reading my blog im inspired to write

6:37 PM  
Blogger sillyserious said...

hello bro! glad that u're still writing :) it's almost six months since our coffee date at blugre's when i initiated u into the world of blogging. keep writing! i've always known there is a writer underneath that preacher's barong ;)

as regards ur post -- yes, feelings can be unreliable most of the times, but they provide a valuable barometer for us, and we wouldn't be human without them. so by all means, let's offer to God our emotions, even the uncomfirmed ones, even when we can't make sense of them.

6:25 AM  
Blogger arneltan said...

thanks little brother when i say little brother i mean that with all affection trying to be at least the big brother i think i failed to be to you. you are an encouragement to me. let us continue to pray ha

1:28 PM  
Blogger Nechie said...

one of the posts that made me smile. keep blogging pastor arnel! btw, sayang wasn't able to visit you in davao. well, there's always a next time. =)

5:32 PM  
Blogger arneltan said...

hi nechi im happy you took time to visit my blog. thankful to the Lord for your time too. lets keep in touch regards to your family

11:47 AM  
Blogger arneltan said...

hi desert fox, im thankful for your insights sorry for the late reply. thanks for reading my blog

10:26 PM  

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