Frustration...

We all have had days where we just seemed to be frustrated.  I have had days like that in fact today is one of those days. Something that cracks me up about frustration is that it isn't normally just one thing but many different things.  You might be holding many different frustrations in but usually something just gives you a little push and then you realize it, you have been frustrated for a while.  Frustration to me feels like a combo at Wendy's.  You pull up to the drive through and you order a number six (Spicy Chicken Sandwich) and the question comes through the speakers, "Would you like to up size that combo?"  You know what you should say but yes just seems to fly out of your mouth before you can think of it.  You pull up to the window and they ask you questions like what type of things do you need, and will that be all even though they asked that 2 minutes ago.  They hand you everything but you don't have time to check because there are a million people behind you and she took her precious time finding the BBQ sauce.  You drive away ready to take a sweet bite out of your number six and then you realize.  They gave you a fruit cup instead of fries, High C instead of Dr. Pepper, honey mustard instead of BBQ and this combo is far from a BIGGIE size.  But you know what you can do about it NOTHING...  

You maybe thinking that I am frustrated because someone didn't get my combo right but I promise that's not it.  It is a messed up combo of things.  But the lie that we are lead to believe is that we can do nothing about our frustrations.  I came into work today at 6:00 a.m (which is not normal) and just started reading my bible.  At first I thought I am to frustrated to even do that but I pushed through and began to get some sort of peace.  I am the only one here in the office and it is so quiet compared to the loud world we live in.  I then began to listen to some of my favorite music and began to pray.  

There are things we can do when we get frustrated but I can honestly say I don't do them a lot of the time.  Am I still frustrated, YES!!  I will say that my frustration seems pivotal and small when I spend time with God.  I see a much larger picture of the world and I know my frustrations aren't the center of it.