Out of the negative emotions trap

Phew..I am so thankful that God showed me today that I badly needed to get out of the negative emotions trap. I have been trapped in some negative emotions throughout the past week without really being conscious of them until I started noticing that bad eating habits were returning. Basically, I have been eating more junk, taking more sugars, losing the self-control and discipline when it comes to food. Well well.. that's always a pretty good indication for me that something's off in my life.

yup, negative emotions were the root cause. I picked up this book, "Becoming Who God Intended" by David Eckman again 2 days ago. He says this in chapter 2,

"Many people do not realize that an unhappy heart is easy to tempt...Or to put it in other more positive terms, happy people are hard to tempt. The first element in the mood cycle, unhappiness of some sort, is not there. But temptation is powerfully heightened when the heart is hurting and unhappy. That's the first part of the mood cycle. Then, a desire arises that pulls the person away and the last step is wrongdoing or sin. The order of the cycle is mood, desire and then sin."

For me, negative underlying emotions usually result in a loss of self control in eating habits. Guess it differs from person to person. But well, I am thankful that I had the opportunity to acknowledge all the rubbish before God today and let Him take care of them. Felt so much better after doing that...

I think it takes some practice before we can see the cycles in our lives more quickly. When we are trapped in sins and weaknesses, maybe we should ask ourselves, "do I have any underlying emotional problems?"

How are you doing today? :)