Emotions: Master or Servant?

My dad once told me that if I tied my shoes myself that we could go on a boat ride. I was 5. Or however old one is when learning to tie their shoes. I missed my velcro's. Stylish and functional. Now I had to learn how to do it myself or I missed out on the wonderful Alberta lake mist in my face on a summer evening. Worth the risk. I went and found someone else to tie my shoe because I didn't feel like doing it myself. Then I proudly went to my dad and said that I had done the task myself. But the handiwork gave me away and I lost my boat ride. How many decisions have you made based on how you felt? Did you stop at a drive thru the last time you were driving around and hungry because of the convenience? What determines the decisions you make? Our feelings and emotions are gifts. Yet they, as Dallas Willard says, make horrible masters. They can cost you boat rides if you let them. So are your emotions and feelings your master or do they serve their proper place in your life, and you are a peaceful presence to the world? See you this weekend as we look at Moses and what his feelings and emotions cost him in a single moment.