Teach Me To Feel

I’ve always had a difficult relationship with my emotions. I have suppressed them in shame, or I have let them loose with reckless abandon. Neither approach has served me well. This is why I appreciate Courtney Reissig’s newest offering, Teach Me How to Feel. Through her own wrestle with emotions, she points us to the place where the Lord taught her how to feel them—the Psalms. I found great comfort in her words and the insight she brings to these ancient songs. There’s nothing like a friend—modern or ancient—to tell us, “I’ve been there too.” | This book comforted, encouraged and taught me so much. It had the rare quality of making me reach for my Bible, and I read each chapter with the Psalms open alongside. Courtney Reissig gives us keen insights learned through her own personal suffering, so her words are poetic: laden with meaning yet grounded in reality. | Today, we are told that "emotional intelligence" is essential for proper functioning in our personal and work lives. But can we rely on it? Courtney presents her readers with the richest possible source through which we may interpret and manage our feelings—namely, the psalms. Courtney helps us to praise and pray the psalms in the ups and downs of our own everyday experience now and through to the New Creation. Whether praising God or challenging sin, each chapter is a balm for the soul. I would have happily worked through another dozen psalms with Courtney! | How gracious God is to include in his word a book of songs that give us the language we need to express the emotions we feel! In Teach me to Feel, Courtney Reissig encourages us to slow down and feel, with the psalmists, the realities of life in our broken world. Each reflection helped me to see and savour the goodness of God. Each one moved me to worship the One who is always working for his people—even when we can’t see it. | I love the Psalms, and Courtney Reissig has made me cherish them even more. In Teach Me to Feel, she shows us how to honestly process our feelings with God, using psalms to express our deepest emotions. If you’ve ever felt misunderstood, lonely, or overwhelmed, and wondered how to biblically process your feelings, this book is for you. You’ll discover how to lament, find hope, and rejoice through all of life, drawing you closer to the God of all comfort. | A good book will teach you about biblical truths, but a great book will lead you to know and love Christ and his word more deeply. Teach Me to Feel does just that. Courtney does a beautiful job of biblically showing us how our emotions are neither meant to control us or be ignored, but to lead us to Christ and be a reflection of him. Chapter after chapter, I found myself reading the Psalms in a fresh way and being led to worship, lament, confession, and prayer. | We know that God intends to change how we think and how we behave, but we don’t always expect that God intends to change how we feel. But, as Teach Me to Feel so beautifully shows, God has given us a whole book to guide us into feeling rightly. With profound insights tucked into short chapters, this book helps us as readers apply the words of the psalmists to our own souls—leading us into honesty with God, confidence in God, and joy with God. | If we’re honest, most of us would admit that few aspects of our lives can seem as chaotic and unpredictable as our emotions. Courtney Reissig, a gifted and wise writer, shows us in this book how the Psalms can help us to take our feelings before the throne of God, how to see them reordered by the ongoing life of Jesus Christ. This book can change your thinking, and your feelings, for the better. | The church has had a rich and right return to the study of God’s word and the value of a transformed mind in recent years, but God also gave his people emotions and feelings. How does one navigate feelings faithfully in the midst of suffering, transition, or hurt? Courtney walks us through the Psalms and her own story. She is less a teacher and more a friend on the journey. | This book is written specifically for women. Emotions are tricky things, they can override and take over or we can suppress them, neither is helpful. | Courtney Reissig is a writer and Bible teacher. She is Managing Director at Risen Motherhood and is the author of Teach Me To Feel and Glory in the Ordinary. She's married to Daniel and they have four sons.