Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Here's the podcast from Middays with Susie Larson. Enjoy the conversation.

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Welcome to Middays and Susie Larson.

Really honored to be doing this time with you.

In fact, I look forward to meeting with you every single day to bring you conversations

that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk, that deepen your understanding of God's word,

and that heighten your awareness of his presence in your life. Where that deepen your understanding of God's word, and that heighten

your awareness of his presence in your life. Where can you go from his presence? He is with you,

always and forever. And you know, if you're in a season where God seems especially silent,

do know that he's not distant. He is near. Well, we have got a great program for you today.

My guest says that when it comes to our emotions,

that we tend to believe a number of myths about them. For example, this is a myth. Did you know it?

Maybe you've heard it. Your emotions will always lead you astray. Not true. That your emotions are not

spiritual. Not true. And the big one, God is not emotional. Not true again. Experts say, in fact, that our emotions have gotten a bad rap, that our emotions serve a purpose and they offer us really important information about what's going on beneath the surface. In fact, did you know that anger is a secondary emotion? Anger is a secondary emotion. Underneath anger, you'll usually find

fear, hurt, or frustration. So if you're angry, next time you're angry, ask yourself, am I afraid?

Am I hurt? Am I frustrated? So that's what we're talking about today. Emotional health and

growth and why it matters. Mark Allen Shelsky joins me to talk about his great book,

The Wisdom of

Your Heart, discovering the God-given purpose of your emotions. A couple quick announcements

before we hear from Mark. You've got to spend some time on our website if you haven't yet.

It's fantastic. We've got blog posts, podcasts, all kinds of things there. But two things I want to

draw your attention to today. Did you know you can sign up for free for a verse of the day to be delivered to your inbox?

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