My Emotional Heartbeat

God has given us a unique set of feelings that react and act according to what is happening in our lives. Usually those are the things that intensely interest us. Sometimes though things do not work out the way we had hoped and planned for them to happen and then we have another kind of feeling. For me feelings and heartbeats are not the same. This is because I was told somewhere along the way that feelings are just feelings. I do not have holy feelings or sinful feelings. Hm…can this be correct?
I thought if I felt like praying or doing a good deed it was a good feeling. Also if I felt like telling a lie or even a bad truth about someone it was a bad feeling. What I was told was that feelings are not good or bad they are just feelings. They become good or bad by my actions. In other words if I say the prayer or do the good deed my action will be rewarded, a good heartbeat. “A cup of cold water in my name will not go unrewarded” is in the Bible. If I do not follow my feeling I have done nothing wrong or good.
Likwise if I tell some piece of gossip about someone, whether it be a truth or a lie I have committed an evil action. If I do but ignore the feeling and keep my mouth shut tight, I have done nothing wrong or good. My heartbeat is not affected.
So how do these feelings impact my life, my emotional heartbeat? That is what is important. Those things that intensely interest me give me feelings. Don’t ignore those feelings. How do I choose to use them? Do I enrich myself? Do I enrich others by my actions? The big word is ACTIONS!
Remember that actions done with and for someone else brings its own rewards both now and later when my heart reacts to my good deeds. It is a funny thing(funny unusual, not funny haha)but the person who recives my good action usually responds in kind so now there are two people whose heartbeats are happier for knowing each other.