When I was a child, I learned in an interesting way the connections between your physical health

and your emotional health. I had this weird way of getting sick whenever I was misbehaving.

And my mom connected the dots between the two, and she's like, you know, whenever you're like

just naughty and you're moody and just being a brat and,

you know, not getting along with your siblings, you always, it seems like you just get so, like,

churning with rage and angst that you get, like, you make yourself sick. And I didn't believe her.

And then, you know, like three times in a row, it was like exactly correlated, like

me just being a punk and then getting literally, specifically a stomach bug. Now, everybody

hates throwing up, but as a child, like there was to me the absolute worst thing that could

happen. And so it actually like got to be a thing enough where I remember in fifth grade, her specifically,

like she wouldn't have to threaten spanking.

She wouldn't have to threaten any discipline.

All she'd have to do is be like, you're going to make yourself sick.

And that was enough to sober me right up.

You know, I couldn't be sure whether she was right about the connections, but I didn't want to vomit,

and so wasn't willing to find out. So it would like, you know, snap me out of it.

And I, this isn't parenting advice. I'm not approving, condoning. I'm just reporting the news here,

right? But then as I got older, I read in the Bible that maybe she was on to something,

because Proverbs 1722 says, a merry heart or cheerful disposition does good medicine, does good

like medicine. But look at this. A broken spirit dries the bones. There is a connection between how we feel and how we feel.

Title of this message is, this is why you feel miserable. This is why you feel miserable. Today we kick

off a brand new season in the life of our church. This is the

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