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IOW ~ When Frustration Hits


“Gentleness is part of being feminine – part of being a woman, and God made us distinctly different from men on purpose!”
~ Melanie Chitwood (Proverbs 31 Ministries)

I have mentioned before that we are restructuring our accounting department. We used to be several different departments to take care of only parts of our store’s accounting needs. I think it is a wonderful idea. Now our store managers have one person they can contact if there are issues at their store, instead of 3 different departments.

The training has been ‘brain-frying’…Last week I was totally burned out. Nothing else would fit into this old noggin 😀 . I am very blessed to be part of a team that cares for each other–personal and accounting wise. I just have one problem–the language…

Our team consists of 7 women and one man (poor guy). We are gentle to each other; pick up each other’s tasks so we meet all the deadlines each month. You see we still have to do our regular work, learn new stuff in order to transition fully into our new responsibilities. It gets frustrating at times since the work load is pretty heavy.

Last week we talked about the language that sometimes ‘flies’ around our training room. You would never think that women would swear like this…How do you react to women that are normally very gentle, but when frustration sits in, their mouth is just as bad as that of a sailor? For me, I put my headphones on…

Don’t get me wrong…I get frustrated too. How do I handle my frustration? I think of Him. I know that our Lord got frustrated too at times, but I don’t think that He ever used a swear-word. That thought alone keeps my mouths fairly ‘clean’.

Yes, we as women get frustrated, but if we keep our eyes fixed on our Lord, I think that we can imitate His gentleness in all situations; if at home or at work…

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” ~ Galatians 5:22-24 (ESV)

Lord of Heaven and Earth. Life can be frustrating at times. Lord, help us to keep our eyes focused on you. Let You gentle Spirit reign in us so that we may be a light to the world and can share the strength we receive from You with others. In the precious name of Jesus ~ Amen

Blessings on your day and as always…

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15 Replies to “IOW ~ When Frustration Hits”

  1. Thank you for sharing this very much “reminding” quote of what God is working on me with. I will be back to read about your new toy too! 🙂

  2. ahhhhhh — you hit the nail on the head sister. i have been wrestling with this all day! there’s things in life we just aren’t meant to carry — we can’t carry it and when we try to carry it anyway, ugliness appears. i am learning — painfully what it means to cast every care upon HIM. not my husband or my mother or my friend….or…..

    He alone can carry it. shalom!

  4. Fortunately, I work in an environment where abusive or profane language would never be tolerated. But I hear it other places and am frequently amazed at how easily the words roll off people’s lips . . . they don’t even think about what they are saying, where they are or how their words might be received by those around them, e.g., in airports, restaurants, stores. Thanks for your thoughts on the topic!

  5. What a great reminder of gentleness! I hadn’t thought of it that way…what a great example to teach our girls, since I hear many young girls these days with the mouths of sailors! Gentleness with our mouths….oh, I like that!
    thanks Iris…a blessing again!
    lori

  7. I have noticed the same when I am in a group of women. After a while they began to notice that I did not follow their example and the words became softer from the other women.

  8. I used to be in the restaurant industry. During these years I was not living for the Lord and it did not take long before my mind and mouth joined them.
    I have been away from that life for over 10 years and God has cleaned my mind.
    The real test is when something like dropping a can on your bare foot happens.
    Before the world I can say that nice things came out of my mouth. A little something like–well, that was not nice.
    I pray that you mind stays protected from the things you hear.
    I know it is rough.

  9. Boy that is something we can all relate to in the work force and outside. Thanks for the reminder about imitating Jesus.

  10. This reminds me when I worked at a car dealership, I don’t think rules applied there in how to treat women. All I can say is I am glad I am gone, being around them affected how I thought and how I acted (garbage in garbage out).

    Great post Iris.

  11. It can be so frustrating to hear women and men using profanity. I am amazed at times as well but then I think back to how I was before I knew the Lord. What is really painful is when someone you know loves the Lord all of a sudden lets loose with a stream of… Then I think we should confront in love as the Bible tells us to do. Hard call there.

    Thanks for a lot to think about.

    Hugs!

  12. Iris, I’m so glad you shared this quote and your thoughts. It gave me some good time of reflection and praising God for the way He continually turns me around to see things His way.

    Blessings,
    Elisa

  13. Gentle words and gentle mouths are contrary to culture aren’t they? Gentleness when we are frustrated takes the strength of the Holy Spirit and a deliberate choice doesn’t it? That’s not easy. I’m sure you are a shining example in your workplace.

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