How to stay light when your emotions are heavy

How to stay light when your emotions are heavy

“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them” – Mark 11:23

Don’t allow a social-media smokescreen to convince you that the zip and zeal of energy you see in me on RevWell TV or during a live teaching event is how my faith always looks. Most days for me, living by faith is a drag-down, down-and-dirty, nose to the grindstone fight. Everybody who follows Jesus has to fight the daily battle to keep the weight of unbelief off our backs–yours truly included. You might think that I plyo-jack jump out of bed every morning and hit the floor doing burpees for Jesus, singing songs of delight. I most definitely don’t.

Truth be told, when my 5:00 AM alarm goes off, I don’t want to get up. It’s dark outside, the floors are cold, and the comfort of my bed tries to convince me that a few extra minutes of rest won’t hurt. So I lay there and begin to wonder what challenges this day will hold. What need is my husband going to have that will cost me my own desires? What giants are my kids going to face that I wish I could slay for them? What things will I need to give up so that I can live a surrendered life where joy is found in serving rather than being served?

Each morning the battle is on and a choice must be made. Will I get up and spend time with the Lord in my secret place, moving mountains through faith, or will I stay in my bed and seek my own comfort?

Jesus tells us that through faith we have the power to move mountains. But what good is the ability to move mountains if our character folds under the temptation to take the easy way out? Instead, by trusting in the Lord alone, we must get past the obstacles in our souls, the mountains of unbelief and pain that weigh us down.

I won’t see mountains move because of me if God doesn’t move the mountains of unbelief inside of me.

People who want to move mountains must travel light. Mountains alone are heavy enough. Nobody needs the added weight of despair and unbelief. If we are going to move mountains like Jesus says we can, we are going to need a daily practice of calling out and casting down the mountains (or monuments of pain) inside of us that keep us running scared and looking down.

“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” – Psalm 43:5

Give me five minutes to share with you a personal and practical way that I keep “the weight” off of my soul each day. Grab a pen and paper or open up your notes app on your phone, and get ready to become a mountain mover!

Travel light today and unpack the weight of your mad, bad, sad, scared, and JOY in the comments below! 

In His love,

Alisa is the founder of Revelation Wellness and the author of The Wellness Revelation. She was born for the battle of freedom! She is an ordinary woman who spends time with Jesus, and then He causes her to rise up and do extraordinary things. Starting a ministry, writing, teaching, and speaking being some of those things.

 

 

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34 Responses

  1. Thank you so much for sharing How you “don get up in the mornings” and for giving us ideas to move mountains for God and ourselves……i really needed to hear this at my 5:30am morning with 4 houses to clean today and my body hurting and my spirit tirEd…..thank You again, blessings and love your way

  2. Thank you for getting up early and doing the hard things to UNWEIGHT your soul, alisa! I love the practical tips on journaling – even dividing up categories of emotions. Sharing this one for sure! Perfectly timed, as this is the week for my teen health & fitness class to discuss emotions – no coincidence there! Keep on moving mountains, WOman! Praying for you (ESPECIALLY DURING RETREAT THIS WEEK) and am so thankful for you!!! His love!

  3. So needed these steps today to clean out my emotional closet of mad, bad, sad, scared oh ya and being joyful for one more day of lIfe! Thank you i needed to actually use tjis FORMATT as I walk my current Path!

    1. We are so glad this was helpful for you, Rebekah! We pray your relationship with the Lord deepens with each day. Merry Christmas!

  4. Today is a tough day pain wise… the weather is turning much colder and my joints are feeling all of it. one week from today, I will have a particle knee replacement and I will move better. But I know there is a dark tunnel to travel to get to the healed side. My strength comes from god and no one else. I repeat that each step i take to get through.

    1. What good truth, Dinah. We pray your surgery went well and you are feeling strong through the Lord. Merry Christmas!

  5. Today as i read and listened to this blog i realized how sad i really am on the inside. So many blessings have been givEn to me yet i feel like i am thankless. I want to move mountains. I want to move even a grain of sand but am struggLing. Thank you for sharing what you do in your journaling. Such a good idea really you have hit every “feeling and emotion” that goEs through my head every day. Thank you for giving me a thread of light to keep my HEart full of hope that i can get through this Season of life.

    1. We are praying for you Sue. The Lord hears your prayers and the sadness on your heart. Thank you for following along on the blog!

  6. This … He is a good father. Just what i was writing about this mOrning and what he has Placed on my heart. Believe.without any doubt. Grateful for this blog and video this mOrning. Preparing to dig deep with this invitation to journal – to acknowledge the hard and the joy. Praying this will be a step in living lighter and a habit that wiLl continue through my journey…as my hearts desire is to love him and love others… to be light So All can see him in me.

  7. Oh, I so needed to hear this Today!
    What a wonderful Way to begin my time with God.
    I am going to put your advice into practice right now, unpacking my unbelief so that mustard seed will grow.
    Thank you Alisa

    1. Thank you for sharing with us, Mary! We pray this practice deepens your relationship with the Lord. Merry Christmas!

  8. I am not typically a ‘’morning” person, but liste to this righ before bed has me Fired up tO set my alarm a little earlier toda and Do It!! Praise the Lord!!

    1. Hey Julia, this is so good! Thank you for sharing! The Lord honors that time with you — even if it is just a few more minutes 🙂

  9. The LOrd is using you in might ways all the way out here in russ Tn!! HOpe to bring this training to ouR town soon!! Thank you for your obedience!! #futurefitnessteachergospelpreacher

  10. Your words feel incredibly tangible, authentic and real. Often mirroring what truly transpires in the depths of my heart and the thoughts RACING through my mind. This was soo PERFect. This has led me to active my faith in ways THe lord has been speaking for some time. THAnk you for always being so raw and authentic. So grateful for what our loved has deposited in you!

    1. We are thankful you are here, Arnellys! Identifying why we are mad, bad, sad, scared, and joyful can allow us to connect more with the Lord and lay these emotions at His feet. He is good!

  11. Thank you for sharing your humility with us, I am glad to know that I am not the only one who has a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. I will first seek first the kingdom of god and then all things will be added unto me and my life. That is exactly what I have decided to do everyday, even those days it seems to hard to wake up and get moving. Thank you Father for your grace and for your love for me. I am grateful to have such a loving and forgiving Father. By all means, I am never going to be perfect,, I AM made perfect in Your image Lord. Thank you for all that you have been doing for me and continue to do do me. In Jesus name. Amen.

    1. Thank you for sharing, Jennifer! Thankfully we have a gracious Lord who sympathizes with our weakness and seeks to meet us there. Praying for you in this Christmas season!

  12. Thank you for your sharing your ideas,
    And your striving for peace within.
    I woke ip today with 3 c’s i DIDN’T cause, it,
    Cant cUre it, and can’t contol it. I really
    Feel god working in me. Each Day is a
    New trail and my strength along with
    Holy spirit is alive. God bless you. ❤️

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