Frustration.
Dictionary.com defines frustration as: a feeling of dissatisfaction, often accompanied by anxiety or depression, resulting from unfulfilled needs or unresolved problems.
Am I the only one who gets so totally frustrated that the brain doesn't work sometimes? Surely not, but I do get frustrated!
The problem is not really in the being frustrated, it's my response to it. (Mostly I tend to speak harshly to inantimate objects.) That doesn't seem too harmful, but it's so needless. Such a waste of time. Life happens, things are going to be frustrating, for various reasons. Sometimes it's other people that frustrate us, sometimes we get in over our heads in a project which can bring on dissatisfaction and sometimes we just try to do too many things at one time and that brings on frustration.
Psalm 46:10 gives me the answer for frustration.
"Be still and know that I am God". That says it all, doesn't it?
Verse 1 of that chapter says "God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble."
I have found that to be true. When I'm feeling overcome by frustration (trouble) I can run into that Refuge and Strength. He knows why I'm frustrated and He is the answer!
There is no need for a child of the King to have anxiety, unfulfilled needs or unresolved problems. There is help.
Be still and Know. Rest in our refuge and strength. Let the frustration go.
Amen! We read that psalm in church yesterday morning. It came back to me later in the day when I realized (and freaked out) that I hadn't felt Lily move all day. I prayed that God would truly make my heart still and that I would know that He is God...in every situation. Of course everything turned out ok. We went to Mom & Dad's for supper and I laid down and she started moving a little. I guess she's growing and needs lots of sleep! :)
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