I am at my boiling point as I begin this post. I have spent the better part of an afternoon trying to finish a project. Unfortunately, I get halfway through the process and get an error message. Here's the kicker, I get a different error code every time. So I figured that instead of losing what little patience I have left, I would blog instead.
Do you ever get to the point where you have just about lost your sanity? The computer won't cooperate, your kids won't cooperate, your dog won't cooperate - you get the picture. It seems as if the whole world is conspiring to ruin your day. What do you do?
When my daughter is being impatient, I sing her the song my mom used to sing to me: "Have Patience." Most of the time, it is as much for my benefit as for hers. But, how do we go from that "I'm gonna lose it any second now" state of mind to a state of peace and tranquility? Well, I'm warning you, you may not like my answer.
We have to learn to let go of whatever is causing us to "lose it." If that means hanging up with the customer service representative who refuses to listen to your problem and keeps reading a scripted answer in broken English, then do it. If it means stopping in the middle of what you are doing to read your child another book even though you really need to finish, then do it. If it means stopping short of throwing the computer through a window and instead allowing God to use this experience in a constructive way, do it!
The Bible tells us in I Samuel 15:22 that "to obey is better than sacrifice." In the Tiffany Partin paraphrase that translates to "it is better to be obedient in the first place than to have to repent for your actions after they have harmed you and/or someone else." So, I've taken my own advice, and you know, it was extremely cathartic.
Now it's your turn. Take a deep breath, exhale, step away from the source of the frustration, and breathe in the peace of God!
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