Proverbs 14: 30
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but passion [envy, jealousy; runaway emotions] is rottenness to the bones [like bone cancer].
Our God is very passionate, jealous of His glory, because He alone is worthy of worship. And He has placed strong, passionate emotions in us, also.
Here we are cautioned to have control over our hearts, to not let our lives be run on emotions, but to temper them with reason and our knowledge of God.
O my Father, help me to recognize the emotions I am experiencing, to be able to name them and thereby have power over them. Help me to control my response to whatever I am feeling with discernment and discretion, with prudence and understanding.
Teach me to live my life in Your righteousness, and to promote Your righteousness in my family and in the society I live in.
May Your guard be on my mouth--my thoughts and attitudes--to see with Your eyes and hear with Your ears, and so speak only Your words; so that the sweet fragrance of Your Spirit would be upon me, that those I see and interact with would be drawn to You, not be impressed with me.
And may my life, every day of my life, be a journey along Your path for my feet, with my hand in Yours, conversing with You continually along the way, promoting Your Kingdom.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
