A spirit of frustration attacked me this morning. I attempted to sign onto my blog site and kept getting a message that ‘cookies’ needed to be allowed in order for me to access the site. I messed around for over an hour on google chrome and the web site trying to rectify the problem.

I closed out of chrome, tried signing into my site, and got the same error message. I found myself getting more and more frustrated. The first thought the adversary planted was that I was inept and didn’t know what I was doing. The second message was that I should call my granddaughter and have her fix the problem because I would never get it solved.

Then I heard a quiet voice, “You can do this, you can do this. Relax, exhale, take a water break.”

I exhaled, walked to the kitchen, drank a cup of water and sat back down at my computer. I was calm, relaxed, and confident – went back to chrome, found settings ( I could not find settings for one full hour earlier). I followed the instructions and realized that ‘cookies’ was already being allowed.

That specter of frustration tried to envelop me again but I remembered that the Holy Spirit lives in me. He had already shown me that “We’ve got this.” I blew air out, looked at the monitor and realized the problem was my signing into the site.

I was literally frustrating myself.

After I discovered my error, I reflected. I imagined the little imps were giggling and snickering when I became more and more frustrated.

I need to practice my own advice to cast all of my cares, even the little, insignificant ones, on God.

He loves me, cares about me, and does not want His child(ren) to be frustrated.

 “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)