Issues Of The Heart
Job Mothiba
Most of us wander through life with severe heart conditions. I am speaking about more than just medical heart issue, but spiritual and emotional heart issues. These conditions come forth as a result of ignoring a wide range of heart experiences that we go through in life; including loss, grief, sorrow, joy, peace and contentment. Hence, our real blessings often appear in the shape of pain, loss and disappointment. For God often speaks through them. If He brings you to it, it’s so that one day you can turn around and help bring someone else through. And nothing is more beautiful than a smile that has struggled through tears. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4)
Job Motihba
Issues of the heart
Copyright © 2018 by Job Motihba
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First edition
ISBN: 9781387900473
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“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles,
so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.”
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Contents
1 Foreword (#ud82e166c-14a6-51fe-bf68-2dee7355119e)
2 Preface (#uff6bfeca-bba1-5995-8e9c-bd157bbbf5a3)
3 Acknowledgement (#u0c7ba10f-42b1-5374-912f-5890fcf29799)
4 INTRODUCTION (#u027c543a-bc14-5204-b534-da9bb29b3a5b)
5 EMOTIONS: POSITIVE VS. NEGATIVE (#u73261079-e0ad-5bfd-b493-ee3e6ed382bb)
6 POSITIVE EMOTIONS: LOVE, JOY, PEACE AND HAPPINESS (#u4be5d544-5196-51ef-ae22-3f3b5f8299ab)
7 NEGATIVE EMOTIONS: HURT, PAIN, ANGER, LOSS, JEALOUSY AND REVENGE (#litres_trial_promo)
8 FORGIVENESS AND HEALING (#litres_trial_promo)
9 LET GO AND MOVE ON! (#litres_trial_promo)
10 BIBLICAL REFERENCES: (#litres_trial_promo)
11 About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
12 Also by Job Motihba (#litres_trial_promo)
Foreword
Preface
The author is speaking about more than just medical heart issue, but spiritual and emotional heart issues, when he speaks about issues of the heart. When people misbehave it is not always because they are bad or want attention. It is a cry out for help. Since you don’t know the pain someone feels inside or the hurt they carry around. You don’t see how miserable they are feeling and, the fact that they are blaming themselves for stuff they had no control over. Such as death of their loved ones etc.
We all hurt and express how we feel differently. Some hide it deep inside until they explode. Some go to the gym or tell everyone they know. Life is not easy for everyone but, you can choose to help someone or you can choose to talk bad about them.
There are many people with depression, who cut themselves to inflict pain and some overdosed. You just never know the pain behind someone’s smile. They can hide anything with a smile and some lies that “I am great blah, blah, blah…” Let’s love one another. God loves us all “He is good to all, and has compassion on all he has created.” (Psalm 145:9)
Acknowledgement
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INTRODUCTION
When you were little, all you wanted to do was growing up but, right now that seems like scariest thing ever. There are things we never forget when growing up, the good and bad memories.
Remember the things you always wanted, you were always someone that craved love and attention. Some were bullied, rejected, challenged to fight and ran away etc. I don’t know about all of you but, if you can take five to ten minutes to pour out as many incidents as you can remember!
How does that make you feel now? That was part of growing up, after all, we were young and we didn’t know what life could be like at this stage. Because now you realise that you don’t always get what you wish for, you get what you work for.
