There are times when clarity doesn’t emerge, when the feelings can’t be sorted out, and when the fog of confusion doesn’t lift. In such moments, we find guidance from Psalm 42 and 43.

“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God” (Psalm 42:5).

Is it good to talk to yourself? To question your own feelings? The psalmists do exactly that in Psalms 42 and 43: “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?” This fact alone teaches us an important lesson: we don’t need to be at the mercy of our feelings. Rather, we can hold a conference meeting with our emotions and ask: “What’s going on? Why are you feeling like this?”

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