Is There Really Such A Thing?

What do a stormy ocean, a rollercoaster and a boiling kettle of water have in common? They can all describe our emotions. Recently a question was posed “Is there such a thing as an emotionally stable woman?” From the males participating in the discussion there was a resounding “NO!” and I must admit there were even girls that agreed. Part of my divided heart joins their resounding affirmation of the emotional instability of women. It is with sadness that I agree because I have seen it day after day, month after month and year after year. I have seen the pain and sadness, the ravaged relationships and ruined lives that these women have left in their wake.

Yet I can’t quite reconcile my heart to believe that all women live in such a manner. Why you may ask? Because I have seen these rare and precious jewels. They are hidden in the dark and dingy gravel of the road. They are buried in the jagged muddy rock piles. They are next to the ordinary pebbles at the bottom of a stream. But I have seen them because my eye is caught and captured by their beauty. You can’t help but see them and once you have, you can’t take your eyes off of them. Let me describe them to you. To be emotionally stable does not mean that you do not experience emotions, for God created us to think and feel and experience emotion. It is the emotionally stable woman that does not let her emotion dictate her actions. She chooses to filter her thoughts and feelings and emotions of joy, anger, sadness, frustration, pity, hope & hopelessness, discouragement, contentment, fear, and happiness through the Word of God. Although she may be experiencing an emotion she does not always act on it. She chooses to act according to what she knows the Word of God says. God is her foundation and she clings to Him so that she is not tossed around and carried away by her emotions. She is emotionally stable because her foundation is stable. She is like the gravel, rocks and pebbles in that she experiences the same emotions that they do but her brilliance is seen as she walks calmly and serenely through life saying “He only is my rock and my salvation; My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.” Ps 62:2