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"It Feels Right" Isn't Wisdom

"It Feels Right" Isn't Wisdom

Our feelings can and do lead us astray in life. The only way to ever trust your feelings is after you've spent the time disciplining your desires to serve you rather than master you.

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Fr. Barnabas Powell
Mar 27, 2025
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“How can it be wrong when it feels so right?” It's probably one of the most overused lines in the history of mankind right before someone does something foolish!

Yeah, I know, I’ve said it myself!

So, why do we humans get ourselves into messes like this?

Simple, we let our heart be our guide!

But, you say, that’s what they told me I was supposed to do: follow my heart!

Ugh, no!

The scripture says the “heart is desperately wicked; who can know it?”

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