AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!

This day had a few frustrations for me. The following psalm was written after a similar day, and is a good reminder of the work I am still trying to do. Hopefully, reading it can give help you turn your frustrations over to Him and allow him to calm you down and refocus your energy; I know it was a good reminder for me!

Lord, I need Your help to calm me down;
This anger is overwhelming me!

All of these minor frustrations
Seem so, well, minor
That is, until they start to build on one another
Feed off one another
Cascade over one another
Spread through one another

You tell us not to sin in our anger
Showing that anger in and of itself isn’t bad
But that warning is extremely prescient
As my thoughts have not remained pure amidst my frustration

And yet, I know that You can deliver me
That You can help me have a pure anger when needed
But, more importantly, I need to learn to be less frustrated
I have to readjust my threshold for turning to You

Retrain my ways, oh Lord
Make a clear pathway for the synapses in my brain
Help the neurochemicals to pass easily in a new direction
And let me develop a new habit of turning to You when the smallest frustration hits

Oh Lord, Your ways are good
Your ways are just
Your ways are true
Your ways are perfect
Help me to conform my ways
So that I may be more like You.