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Then discover how to think, speak and act like God during the midst of your frustrations. If maturity is the ability to think, speak and act on your feelings within the bounds of dignity, then the measure of maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations. So said 19th century American poet, soldier, civic leader and businessman Samuel Ullman, and it’s a saying worthy of reflection.

How spiritual do you become during the midst of your frustrations? Are you spiritually-minded when you get stuck in a mile-long traffic jam on your way to that much-anticipated concert you bought tickets for three months ago? Or do you begin to think, speak and act out of impatience as you imagine missing your favorite song? Do you keep your sights set on the things of the Spirit when the slacker in the cubicle next to you gets the promotion you’ve been working overtime to win? Or do you think about the injustice, speak about the inabilities of your fellow employee, and act unbecomingly? What about when sickness or disease knocks on your door? Do you get frustrated?

The very definition of frustration perfectly describes the feelings this spirit brings with it: a deep chronic sense or state of insecurity and dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems or unfilled needs. That an accurate summation in itself, but there is also a deeper meaning: to balk or defeat in an endeavor; to induce feelings of discouragement in. If that weren’t enough, to frustrate also means to make ineffectual and to bring to nothing. Sounds like the devil’s plan to me.


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