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Descartes said "I think therefore I am".We are fixated on what we think. Here I am, literally thinking about my thinking. But the truth is that we are emotional creatures first, we humans. It's a fact of the ways our brains work. The parts of our brain responsible for our emotions literally engage before the parts of our brain that process thought, shape intent or express language. Whether on the surface, or buried deep beneath layers of sediment, we emote our way through life constantly. Our emotions shape how we are in any given situation, regardless what we think we think about it.Thankfully, the Bible portrays a deeply emotive God. Remembering that you and I all were formed Imago Dei ("in the image of God"), and that our emotional life is a good expression of that God-likeness, this week we're going to talk about the 3rd movement of the examen prayer: Prayerfully considering what you're feeling. It's here that we hear this question posed by the Lord: "How are you?"Here's the good news: If Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and the Prophets are to be trusted, there are no wrong answers to that question.