02/12/2026
When I experience a difficult or unpleasant emotion, I say I feel it.
I never say I am it.
Feelings are transient. Temporary. Information to be processed — not identities to be adopted.
I may feel discouraged, but I won’t say, “I am discouraged.”
I may feel anxious, but I won’t say, “I am anxious.”
The words that follow I AM matter.
“I AM” is identity language.
So I align those words with God’s Word and who I am called to be.
I am joyful.
I am content.
I am blessed.
I am merciful.
I am kind.
I am generous.
I am steadfast.
I am growing.
I will say I feel hard emotions.
But I will not become them.
Emotions are meant to be processed and moved through the body.
The word motion is in the word emotion — we are designed to experience them, to emote, and to allow them to move through us.
Emotions are not meant to be suppressed or clung to. They are signals, not identities.
Identity is chosen.