One of the most fascinating aspects of the Incarnation is that we get to see God feeling all the feels.
It’s not often on the surface of how the Gospel writers tell their stories, but at least between the lines we can see Jesus’ experience and express the full range of human emotion. In the human form of Jesus of Nazareth we see God rejoice and laugh. We see him get angry and frustrated. We see him well up with compassion for the suffering and indignation for the oppressors. We see him face disappointment and betrayal. We see him come to the very end up the rope of hope, sweating blood on the eve of his crucifixion. We even see him weep.
It’s easy to view emotions as a merely human thing. And thus, as a potential weakness. Some seem to hold a stoic, cold demeanor as a mark of maturity, even godliness. But it’s not.
You have permission to feel all the feels, because Jesus showed us that even God himself feels all the feels. The emotions you experience are not a human weakness, but a divine response to whatever you are experiencing. They are cues, information, sometimes warning signals that are to be attended to, that we might live well.
