"Your Emotional Battery"

Are you overwhelmed? Do you feel inadequate? Are you ready to blow at any moment? You can't love others in a godly way when you're at the end of your emotional rope. How many relationships have been ripped apart because the people involved failed to take care of themselves emotionally?

God's Word gives us three habits that can help us recharge emotionally when we have nothing left to give.

1. Solitude. Mark 6:31 says, "So many people were coming and going...[Jesus] said to them [the disciples], 'Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest'" (NIV). Jesus understood that your emotions are like a battery. If you plug one lightbulb into a battery, it will last for a fairly long time. If you plug in 100 lights, the battery will drain very quickly. Many of you have so many lights plugged in, your battery is shot. You can't recharge anybody else—you can't give love—if your own battery is drained. You recharge when you get away by yourself.

2. Play. The Bible says, "Jesus came enjoying life" (Matthew 11:19 PH). He was the most people-focused, ministry-intensive person who ever lived, yet he took the time to have fun. Certain activities recharge you emotionally; they literally re-create your energy and enthusiasm for life. We all have different activities that recharge us because we're all made differently. Find out what recharges you emotionally and make time for it.

3. Laughter. Proverbs 17:22 says, "Being cheerful keeps you healthy" (GNT). Studies prove that when you laugh, it increases your number of T-cells, which raises your immunity level. Laughter is good for your health. Humor is God's gift to us. Remember, God has a sense of humor—he made you!

To be emotionally balanced, take God very seriously but don't take yourself seriously. Learn to laugh at your limitations. There is plenty of material. If you only laugh and enjoy life when your problems are all solved, you'll never enjoy life.

From Rick Warren Daily Devotion
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What Rick say is very true..

I'm totally happy and glad at the same time when i read this..
I often feel my battery is going down..I remember when I was young, I've always fully charged..
Always happy, no problems, stay thin and healthy, full of energy like i could do anything.
While know when i know that i have the knowledge and opportunity, i felt tired..
Physically, emotionally, spiritually..

I usually blame my self..asking why do I feel tired?
Why do i follow my flesh and get moody?

But as often as i blame my self and saying i wont do it again, i did..every single time..repeating the same mistake.how could i be such a stupid human, I always feel..

But then, Rick reminded me that we are human..
We need re-charge our emotional battery.
when Rick ask
"Are you overwhelmed?" YES!
" Do you feel inadequate?" YES!
" Are you ready to blow at any moment?" ABSOLUTELY!
' You can't love others in a godly way when you're at the end of your emotional rope. How many relationships have been ripped apart because the people involved failed to take care of themselves emotionally?" TOO MANY TO COUNT!

I felt sad, self condemnation, totally reaping out of my heart...but then, Rick said
" God's Word gives us three habits that can help us recharge emotionally when we have nothing left to give"
it feels like sun shine after the rain....pouring water on the dessert...the answer of all puzzle..
God actually gives us 3 habits..3 solutions...3 answers..Three!

Which are SOLITUDE, PLAY, LAUGHTER