Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God;
may your good Spirit
lead me on level ground.
~ Psalm 143:10
I can't even remember where I saw it, or I would certainly give credit; but the part that stood out to me is that this woman was asking God to lead her by His Spirit through the ups and downs of life, through hormonal changes (pregnancy and postpartum hormonal changes are hugely significant in my experience), through whatever mood swings came her way. She wanted to be on level ground.
I do, too. It's not that I don't want to ever feel times of intense joy or even times of pain--I know they are all part of the beautiful tapestry of life--but I do want to be controlled by the Spirit, and not my moods. Even in the times when I feel like one minute I'm up and the next I'm down, I still want to have the consistency of being directed by God, not by my crazy emotions.
