Frustrated with Life

This is more of a Monday post, but let's shake things up a little.

Does life ever get to you? Sure it does!

Life has gotten to me this week.

It's been stressful at work. I'm a fourth grade teacher. I get to work with and for some of the most amazing people on this planet. It's a great and fulfilling job, but it comes with a lot of stress. (As your job probably does.)

Then my four year old daughter caught a stomach bug. That bug crawled out of the flames found in the depths of hell.

Finally, working on the Gravy, along with a new writing project has left me emotionally spent. (Not in a bad way.)

This morning when I tried to pray I couldn't. I was too distracted with everything going on. Thoughts of the good, the bad, and the ugly kept interrupting. So I tried to pray for them, but I still couldn't. I became so distracted with thoughts of failure that I was unable to pray.

Frustration had set in and began rooting itself.
 
I like to pray on my knees. This normally helps me focus and posture matters.

At the height of my frustration, I looked over at my book shelve and a binding caught my eye.

It was a book that my college roommate gave to Lacey and me years ago. The book is Teachers Living a Life to Inspire God's Way. It's a collection of inspiring stories.

At first I missed the opportunity and tried to pray again. But prayer isn't just about speaking, it's about listening.

So I did a ninja crawl (that's right a ninja crawl) to the book and opened it up to the first story. My eyes were drawn to the scripture on the first page:

Anything is possible if you have faith (Mark 9:23 TLB). 

Needless to say, I got the point.

Christian when you get frustrated about life, remember Jesus' words to those who believe in him: Anything is possible if you have faith.