Let’s encapsulate a definition of the construct or idea of emotional stability in the bounds of an analogy that most of us who drive can identify with.
Imagine yourself seated behind the wheel of automobile on a sunny mid-afternoon in the fall. You are making your way through the Colorado Rockies. On this leg of the journey, the roadway enters a sharp 7% decent. You release your foot from the gas pedal ready to apply the brake in order to maintain your decent at the legal limit of 70.
Emotional stability is like the idea that when you are descending a hill or mountain you take your foot off the gas and use the brakes of the car to manage your speed.
In life, emotional stability is a decision that you make ahead of time to use brakes when faced with a decent or to give gas when faced with an uphill struggle.
From a Christian view point, emotional stability is built on peace. The living God provides us with a precious resource called peace and it is our responsibility to manifest that peace in our emotions at all time and everywhere.
Romans 5:1 (NIV) Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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