<h3 style="text-align: center;">Feelings are important, but navigating difficult ones is hard.</h3> <p>What do we do with the complicated emotions that often arise in life? Feelings that we&#8217;ve been taught we shouldn&#8217;t feel as Christians? A lot of us push them down and pretend they don&#8217;t matter. Others of us get stuck in the pain. But the Bible suggest a better way: &#8220;Pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge&#8221; (Psalm 62:8).</p> <p>How do we do that? I&#8217;m so glad you asked!</p> <p>Anjuli&#8217;s Paschall&#8217;s book, <strong><a href="https://amzn.to/3VtGmPG" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Feel: A Collection of Liturgies Offering Hope for Every Complicated Emotion</em></a></strong><em>, </em>has been such a gift to me. And I absolutely LOVE our tender and raw conversation. We were both in tears as we talked about the disappointments and hurts that we&#8217;ve faced. Anjuli assures us that rather than tidying up our emotions, we can be real and raw with God as well. Her book helps us</p> <p><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Emotions aren&#8217;t good or bad &#8211; </strong>they’re simply part of being human. Rather than denying our emotions, they can be an indicator light for the places God wants to heal.</li> <li><strong>God gives us permission to feel &#8211; </strong>for we serve an emotional God! We have a Savior who not only understands our feelings, He invites us to bring them to Him.</li> <li><strong>We can be honest with God and ourselves &#8211; </strong>rather than being overwhelmed by emotions, we can curious as we process them with Jesus. For they often reveal what God wants to heal.</li> </ul> <p>This is such an important conversation, you guys. And this book could literally change your life.</p> <p>Stuffing and denying our emotions only makes them come out sideways in anxiety, depression and issues with our health. How much better to bring them all to Jesus. Anjuli&#8217;s book helps us do just that!</p> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Links from Show</h2> <p style="text-align: center;">Anjuli&#8217;s Book: <a href="https://amzn.to/3VtGmPG" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Feel: A Collection of Liturgies Offering Hope for Every Complicated Emotion</em></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Anjuli&#8217;s Other Books:</p> <p id="title" class="a-spacing-none a-text-normal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3DiYpBA" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><span id="productTitle" class="a-size-large celwidget" data-csa-c-id="ejkxqh-qnjgs1-5w927x-yi6tqq" data-cel-widget="productTitle">Awake: Paying Attention to What Matters Most in a World That&#8217;s Pulling You Apart</span></em></a></p> <p id="title" class="a-size-large a-spacing-none" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Bpau80" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><span id="productTitle">Stay: Discovering Grace, Freedom, and Wholeness Where You Never Imagined Looking</span></em></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Joanna’s Latest Book: <em><a href="https://amzn.to/3RgnNK8">Embracing Trust: The Art of Letting Go and Holding On to a Forever-Faithful God</a></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Joanna&#8217;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JoannaWeaver">YouTube Channel</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>[</em><em>Disclosure: I make a small commission from affiliate links used in this post.]</em></p> <p>&#160;</p> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with Anjuli</h2> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-size: 14px;" href="https://www.anjulipaschall.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Website</a><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14px;"> &#124; </span><a style="font-size: 14px;" href="https://www.instagram.com/lovealways.anjuli/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a></h2>