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December Responsible Stewardship

 

Stewardship is defined as “the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care.” When applied to our collective work to advance healthy, equitable, sustainable communities, it describes leaders—both people and organizations—who take responsibility for forming working relationships to drive transformative change in regions and communities. Importantly, stewards must have a vested interest in promoting an equity orientation in regard to purpose, power, and wealth. 

 

Everyone can be a steward! Certainly, individuals can serve as stewards to advance community well-being, and stewardship is best accomplished when people work together across differences and sectors to expand the Vital Conditions that all people and places need to thrive, starting with those struggling and suffering. We typically see stewardship having the greatest impact as a mechanism for shared responsibility and collective action; when the work has expanded, aligned breadth and depth, and in turn, expanded reach and impact. 

 

The concept of stewardship holds a significant place within Christian theology. To be a good steward is to responsibly and faithfully manage all the resources entrusted to us by God.

 

Being a good steward of your money is only one piece of the puzzle. The other two areas of stewardship are time and talents. The better you steward the things you have, the better your ROI (return on investment), including how you manage your time and the talents you have (or your career training). 

 

As believers in Christ, we have been entrusted with many gifts and resources from God. These may include our time, talents, finances, relationships, and even our physical health. As good stewards, it is our responsibility to use these resources in a way that honors God and advances His kingdom.The Bible teaches us that everything we have comes from God and belongs to Him.

 

Being a good steward of our talents means using our God-given abilities to serve others and bring glory to God. This may include using our skills in our careers or hobbies to benefit others or using our talents in the Church to help build up the body of Christ.

 

Ultimately, being a good steward is about recognizing that everything we have comes from God and using it in a way that honors Him. In doing so, we can be confident that our resources are being used for eternal purposes and that we are fulfilling our responsibility as believers in Christ.

To be faithful stewards, we are called to glorify him, serve the common good, and further His Kingdom. 

 

 

We are here helping others stay positive and heal from emotional distress

 

Journaling Prayers  that will stabilize your emotions 

 

Decide why you are writing the prayer

Communicate to God with a sincere heart

Make notes before writing a prayer in your journal

Write Prayer to God about your family, friends

 

These golden rules are:

Learn to attend to your emotions

Become curious and patient with your emotions

Talk about them and show your real emotions to others

Learn to accept having different emotions

Change your emotions with other emotions

 

Our emotions from God

God created humans with emotions because He has emotions and mankind is created in His image.

 

His emotions are incorruptible.

 

Our emotions and feelings are normal and natural because they come from God. Scripture shows God displaying a wide range of emotions. The difference between the Lord and ourselves is our emotions or feelings can lead us to scandalous Behavior, while God's emotions or feelings are righteous and come from a place of love for His people.

 

To love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength is the most important commandment (Mark 12:30). We love God when we let him into our anger, happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, and surprise. We worship God with our emotions when we cooperate with the Holy Spirit.

 

God examines thoughts and emotions. That means he cares about what you really feel and think, not just about what you do.

 

Emotions are a natural part of life and they serve to let us know how we’re being affected by the things going on in our lives and in ourselves. They’re neither positive nor negative, but simply act as signals to point us towards the right direction and help us make sense of what we’re going through. And while it may be scary and uncomfortable at times, we need to make the effort to understand our emotions so we can better understand ourselves and our underlying wants, needs, and beliefs.

 

Emotions are complex.

► Emotions can be occurrences (e.g., panic) or dispositions (e.g., hostility), and short-lived (e.g., anger) or long-lived (e.g., grief).

► Emotion is often the driving force behind motivation.

► Emotion is also linked to behavioral tendency. 

► Emotions are often intertwined with mood, temperament, personality, disposition, or creativity.

► Emotions are mental states brought on by neuropsychological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure.

► Emotions are responses to significant internal and external events

► Emotions have been described as consisting of a coordinated set of responses, which may include verbal, physiological, behavioral, and neural mechanisms.

 

▼ What are the secondary emotions?

Definition. Secondary emotions are emotional reactions we have to other emotions. For example, a person may feel ashamed as a result of becoming anxious or sad. In this case, anxiety would be the primary emotion while shame would be the secondary emotion.

 

Secondary emotions list

Eg., Feeling shame about being sad. These are learned emotions that we pick-up in childhood from the people around us, like guilt, shame, confusion, resentment, frustration, and remorse. What are the secondary emotions?

 

Secondary Emotions

Secondary emotions are much more complex because they often refer to the feelings you have about the primary emotion. These are learned emotions which we get from our parent(s) or primary care givers as we grow up. 

 

For example, when you feel angry you may feel ashamed afterward or when you feel joy, you may feel relief or pride. In Star Wars, Master Yoda explained secondary emotions perfectly – “fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.”

 

▼ Emotions influence our actions in five main ways, which we outline here:

 

1- Emotion Component

This is where an individual simply experiences the feelings. It’s about monitoring the internal universe and recognizing what is being experienced at that time.

 

2- Action Tendency Component

Once the emotion is identified, the body moves into action. Emotions bestow certain actions instead of others, which means that while some are beyond our control (and thankfully so), like pulling your hand away from a hot iron, others are within our control, facing the fear to continue with a speech or a presentation.

 

3- Appraisal Component

By cognitively analyzing the emotion, the individual is able to pick up on the situations, actions, environments, or individuals that are causing the emotion. This aids the individual in tracking how these stimuli impact their well-being. It’s also invaluable for helping communicate the state of our internal world with others.

 

4- Motor Component

This is the communicative function of how we express what we are experiencing (facial expressions, hand gestures, body movements, etc.). So it is extremely important on the inter-individual level, as well as that of the individual.

 

5- Physiological Component

This component supports all others and is the chemical reaction that our body experiences. For instance, the rush of blood flow to the hands occurs when one experiences the emotion of anger.

 

▼ 10 of the most universal emotions and what they mean:

 

1. Happiness

One of the first core emotions we all experience is happiness. When we’re younger, happiness is often a feeling that comes from a sense of safety and security that our parents bring us. It arises from the knowledge that we are loved and taken care of, and as we grow older, we begin to associate it with feelings of contentment and emotional connection as well. Joy, pleasure, and satisfaction all exist to remind us of what it is that we value most, so think about the times when you feel happiest and you will come to realize what it is you want most in life. 

 

2. Sadness

Next comes sadness, an emotion that we feel whenever we experience the loss of something important in our lives. Sadness is a very complex and nuanced emotion, one that can come in many varying degrees and manifest in a lot of different ways. But it’s most important purpose is to help us process our feelings of grief and disappointment. Feeling sad allows us to take a step back and look at ourselves and our situations to better understand what it is that’s causing us so much pain. It teaches us to be more introspective, resilient, and to learn from our mistakes.

 

3. Anger

While it may not seem like it to a lot of us, anger can actually be a very good emotion to experience if we take the time to understand it more. Often manifesting as clenched fists, tense muscles, and a flushed face, our anger begs us for release, so we let it out by stomping our feet, shouting at those around us, and even breaking the things within our reach. We feel frustrated because there is something stopping us from getting what we want, so we lash out to make ourselves feel less helpless against our situation. But anger is meant to do more than just that – it forces us to act and fight against the problem we’re facing.

 

4. Anticipation

In the most basic meaning of the word, anticipation refers to a physiological state of arousal that we experience when we’re excited, anxious, or uncertain about what’s to come. If you’re feeling anxious about something, it’s your mind’s way of reminding you to plan ahead of time and better prepare yourself for the future. But if what you feel is more of nervous excitement, then it means you are doing something that pushes you out of your comfort zone.

 

5. Fear

Evolutionary psychology tells us that fear is a basic survival mechanism meant to keep us safe from potential danger. It’s why we have an innate fight-or-flight response that’s triggered whenever we feel physically or emotionally threatened by something. But sometimes we feel fear towards things that we aren’t supposed to, like failure, uncertainty, emotional vulnerability, and the loss of control. Fear keeps us from taking risks, challenging ourselves, and going after what we want.

 

6. Loneliness

People feel lonely when they feel isolated and disconnected from those around them.  Because we as humans have a deep-seated need for social interaction, loneliness is meant to signal to us that we need to reconnect with our loved ones and attend to our relationships with those we care about. 

 

7. Jealousy

Another core emotion familiar to most of us is jealousy, the feeling we get when we want what someone else has. We feel envious of others when we perceive that they are more fortunate than us in some way; that they are happier, wealthier, smarter, or more successful. Jealousy can give way to insecurity and hurt our self-esteem because it makes us think that we aren’t good enough to have everything we want. It’s important for us to pay close attention to whom we feel jealous of and why because it speaks volumes about what it is we feel is missing from our lives.

 

8. Disgust

Similar to fear and anger, disgust is an emotion rooted in our evolution. We feel repulsed by things that we consider to be unclean or disease-ridden, like cockroaches, rats, waste, and rotten food. We also feel revolted by things that go against our most fundamental social norms such as heinous crimes and certain sexual behaviors. A feeling of intense dislike and aversion, disgust is an emotional response we feel towards something that is unhealthy for us.

 

9. Surprise

Surprise is something we feel when something unexpected happens to us or those around us. Shock and surprise can intensify whatever emotions we’re feeling, like happiness, anger, and despair. When we feel surprised, we become more curious and alert because it forces us to change our perspective and adapt to new situations.

 

10. Trust

Finally, there’s trust, which many would argue is not so much an emotion as a choice. And while it’s true that trust isn’t as instinctive a feeling as these other basic emotions, it’s still a feeling because sometimes you just feel like you can trust someone even if you don’t really know them that well yet. Trust is an emotion built on our experiences and it’s meant to remind us of both the good and bad that other people have done unto us so we can better protect ourselves against emotional pain. Often times, trust and love go hand in hand, so when a loved one betrays us, they often lose not only our trust but also our affection.

 

In the end, the journey towards emotional self-discovery is something we should all take if we ever want to have a better understanding of who we are as people. So take the time to listen to what your emotions are trying to tell you and work through all the things you’re feeling. Emotional awareness will not only allow you better control over your moods, but also show you things about yourself that can help you live a more meaningful and emotionally fulfilling life.