It's a Piece of Cake

I'm not sure what will come of this. I just needed to get out some concerns.

Have you ever wondered about frustration? How do you really explain this feeling? I think you become frustrated in trying to explain frustration. I looked it up in the dictionary.

frus·tra·tion [fruh-strey-shuhn] –noun
1. act of frustrating; state of being frustrated:
2. an instance of being frustrated:
3. something that frustrates, as an unresolved problem.
4.a feeling of dissatisfaction, often accompanied by anxiety or depression, resulting from unfulfilled needs or unresolved problems.
5. To cause feelings of discouragement or bafflement in

I like that it said the act of frustrating. It just uses it in a different form to define it. It made me laugh some. I really liked the definition of five; to cause feelings of discouragement or bafflement in...

That is a perfect way of explaining frustration. It's that sense of hopelessness. There are some things that are just out of our control.

This week, as we follow the lectionary, it's the story of the blind man. John 9:1-41, this story has always amazed me. First, I think we all think of this, Jesus spat on the mud and placed it on this man's face. How gross! However, it is a small price to pay to be able to see again. I feel as though, the blind man would probably be frustrated. This frustration came from not being able to see, being casted aside, and others not believing him. How awful to want to fit in and want people to believe you but then to top it all off - you can't see! It is such a powerful thing that the one who has been blind is truly the one who is able to see!

I think about my frustrations and visions. It's a toss up. There's a lot there. However, I want to be like the blind man! I want to stop and take a look around. I want every moment to be a moment where I take in Jesus. It's a hard thing to do but who ever said being blind was easy.