When we realize that our feelings are not a reliable guide to God’s truth, that’s not the end. It can be a very difficult internal battle.
We may hear someone’s story of suffering an injustice for a sin they committed and empathetically excuse their sin. We may excuse our own sin with the half-truth that “God wants me to be happy.”
But scripture is our source of truth for how to have the most lasting happiness. It may be costly in the short term, but the long term joys will make us forget any price we could pay now.