The other day, someone mentioned a self awareness test. I thought about it and did a little research. My imagination went wild with what I could do with it. What would a self-awareness test look like if I wrote one?

Men’s Emotional Self-Awareness Test

0%	I think feelings are dumb.
10%	I acknowledge I have feelings.
20%	I agree my favorite emotion is anger.
30%	I think feelings include mad, sad, and glad.
40%	I admit that I get triggered and can lose emotional control.
50%	I know my family of origin stories and can recall childhood trauma.
60%	I can verbalize my core fear (I hate it and it deeply scares me).
70%	I know where I holds the stress and emotional tension in my body.
80%	I accepts the assignment to retrain my mind, grow in self awareness, and learn healthy emotional skills.
90%	I understand and engage the emotions of others.
100%	Both my SPIRIT and my EMOTIONAL SYSTEM work in harmony with the HOLY SPIRIT inside.

Bible Connection

Renew your mind:

Therefore I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may approve what the will of God is, that which is good and pleasing and perfect. – Romans 12:1-2 (LSB)

The Holy Spirit is a gift, a teacher, our guide and comforter:

And Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. – Acts 2:38 (LSB)

Prayer

Father, Jesus said we could live with a peace that surpasses understanding. He also said he came to set the [emotionally] captive free. I claim those promises today. I claim peace and freedom in Christ. In Jesus’ name. Amen.