Tag Archive: frustration

Just Hush Up and Pray Already!

I don’t know what to say this morning.  I don’t know how to pray.  Everyone seems to have an order or formula for it, things to do or not to do, the right way and the wrong way.  I don’t like coming with a laundry list, but that’s what seems to happen so often.  In…

Faith and Frustration

Psalm 43:5 Why am I discouraged? Why so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again– my Savior and my God! I know that my husband is really feeling discouraged right now.  His job is chewing him up and spitting him out mercilessly.  He’s frustrated with it and is finding…

Fire and Words

Psalm 39:3 My thoughts grew hot within me and began to burn, igniting a fire of words… How long does something burn within me before I finally speak?  Usually, too long.  It smolders until I am so frustrated that it comes out as an explosion and I say things that may hurt, even if they’re…