When things blow up inside, you might find yourself saying "Where did that come from?" To be sure, an unexpected tidal wave of emotions can be surprising and even overwhelming. When it happens, though, it's a definite sign that something is going on. When the emotions match the "bad box" list, it's something to be found and fixed. On the "good box" list, the emotions are ones to hold on to.
Remember, the lists even have context to them. For example, "come away my beloved" is a good thing in the Song of Solomon because sexuality is a good thing within the context of marriage. "Sexual immorality," however, is warned against throughout the pages of the Old and New Testaments. Having feelings of sexual attraction, then, is a "good box" with your spouse but a "bad box" with anyone else. You see how this works?
Once you've identified whether the emotion is something to be removed or kept, it's time to act accordingly. When you find "bad boxes" overwhelming you from inside, there's something stored away that's causing the explosion. Even though you might not know what bad box(es) are in there, God does...and He's willing to tell you.
Wisdom is freely offered to us if we will simply ask. When you ask, trust that He will take you to the place that's getting to you. It might be something you are "still thinking" about that has been getting to you since it happened. It might be something that happened years ago that you thought you had forgotten about. In any case, God knows where it is and He's willing to take you there. Just ask.
Perhaps a prayer like this will help. Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalms 139:23-24 NIV)
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