Frustrations
I confess...my job has been incredibly frustrating these past two weeks. This amount and level of frustration that I have experienced since coming back to work after my Christmas holiday has, I dare say, been the highest in my career. It is certainly not how I wanted to start off my year.
To add to the frustration has been my allergies! I can't seem to find any allergy medicine that really works 24 hours!
As I have reflected on why exactly I have been frustrated and how I have handled it (whining, complaining, venting, crying, blaming others) I am ashamed. It occurred to me today that my actions have not been that of a grounded woman of God but that of a child still nursing on milk rather than the meat of God's Word.
I am reminded of one of my favorite passages, Philippians 4:7-9. "And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."
I confess...I have failed this test. It is only God's Word and the peace that it brings that is going to get me through this week; through these frustrations in life and NOT my reliance on myself.
God forgive my sin.
To add to the frustration has been my allergies! I can't seem to find any allergy medicine that really works 24 hours!
As I have reflected on why exactly I have been frustrated and how I have handled it (whining, complaining, venting, crying, blaming others) I am ashamed. It occurred to me today that my actions have not been that of a grounded woman of God but that of a child still nursing on milk rather than the meat of God's Word.
I am reminded of one of my favorite passages, Philippians 4:7-9. "And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."
I confess...I have failed this test. It is only God's Word and the peace that it brings that is going to get me through this week; through these frustrations in life and NOT my reliance on myself.
God forgive my sin.
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