Frustrated Much?!

Michelle and I are LOVING the life we live and the family we always wanted with 3 beautiful children. A 7 year old who is becoming a little man in every sense of the word, as well as two amazing babies. I say that to share with you a "God Bomb" that dropped on me the other night after I returned to the house from our 5:05 service (which by the way you should come check out). Anyway we were all hanging out in our kitchen as Michelle was telling me how Canaan had just had a really difficult day - crying, fussing and just plain frustrated it seemed. This discussion was taking place as we were watching him pull up on the kitchen table chairs so that he could work on standing and taking a step or two only to fall to his rump accompanied by a waterfall of tears.

Michelle then said "I think he is just right on the verge of getting this walking thing. I read in Parenting that as they near new levels in their development cycles babies and toddlers..." I then interrupted and said "Yeah they go through severe bouts of frustration, I read that one". We went on through our evening and as a laid down my head Sunday evening God spoke to me "Good article - Huh? That is exactly what I am doing in your life - all of the frustration you feel is nothing more than an indicator of the next big breakthrough in your development. I am working it in you... BE FRUSTRATED, it means that you know you can do more and will force you to pull up again and keep trying until eventually... you run!"

WOW! was really the only response I could seem to formulate in the moment and even now as I write this. For some of us the frustration is only fuel to pull up and try again. For some the frustration may feel overwhelming to the point we would rather just give in. But as for me - I am going to pull up again because I KNOW that I am THAT CLOSE and I refuse to crawl around when I was made to "run and not grow weary... walk and not faint!" Isaiah 40:31

~PN