Something that made me think yesterday.

Before meeting up with my friend from church last night, I was walking down the street in front of two ladies talking.  I couldn’t help but over hear what one of the women said, for it shook me as I considered the consequences of its origin.  Her statement was regarding a need for hot humid summer fashion and the need to look good walking into a cold store and still looking good, or vis-a-versa whereby it is cold outside and walking into a store that is hot and still looking good.  It was her next comment that made me think, she said this lack of fashion was frustrating for her.  My thoughts revolved around her actually being “frustrated” over this, is she using the word in the correct sense in that she is truly turned in knots over this or is she merely dissatisfied with this lack of comfort and fashion?  So I started to think, if she is truly frustrated by this small thing, what am I frustrated about?  (Using the word in the truest sense of the word)

Our pastor, Tim, preached on the Lord’s prayer found in Matthew’s Gospel 6:5-15 and talked about how we need to be focused on God, His kingdom first, and willing to forgive even though we might have been hurt.  So where does my frustration rest, in that seeking the kingdom is a constant battle for me, and dare I say for all of us in the Church.  With people around the world dying and never having heard the gospel proclamation, and our petty desires for revenge, not justice (I being one of them, like the rest of us) causes frustration in the depth of my soul.  This realization helps me to see that it is not about me, it is Christ’s kingdom, it is Christ’s sake, it is Christ’s message for a dying world.