Name the Emotions
📖 Verse: Psalm 62:8 / Luke 24:32
📝 “Pour out your hearts before God…”
📝 “Were not our hearts burning within us…?”
🔍 Verse in Context – 7 Reflections
- Emotions are not obstacles to prayer — they are part of it.
- The psalm invites us to pour out our hearts fully, not filter them.
- The road to Emmaus reveals how emotion and encounter go hand in hand.
- The disciples felt the truth before they recognised it intellectually.
- Honest feeling leads to honest faith.
- God can handle your sadness, your anger, your joy.
- The goal is not control, but connection.
❓ Journal Questions
- What emotion has been loud in you this week?
- What might that emotion be trying to show you?
🙏 Prayer
Loving God,
Help me bring my whole self — not just the polished version.
Meet me in my feelings.
Amen.
God can handle your sadness, your anger, your joy.