Frustrations

Jonathan Joe
Aug 22, 2017 · 3 min read

Imagine that you oversee all the logistical duties that come from building a house. Your duties range from making sure there is a crew hired to build the house, getting the necessary supplies needed, and being able to track progress of the house. All these things are very important to complete the house that you are building. Now let’s say you have everything planned and ready to go. You get excited to see your planning and preparation really be put into the house but last minute a shipment of cement didn’t come in and a crew worker suffered an injury playing baseball. Now you don’t have all the necessary supplies needed to complete the house and on top of that the house will take longer to build because you are down a man. As the logistical point man, you are now faced with some pretty big frustrations and headaches because you have to track down where that shipment went and somehow get the house to be finished on track with one less man. It’s going to take more money and more time to build this house now. That is how my past week has been.

Summer is winding down now and I think reality is just hitting me where I will be entering my THIRD year in college. Like holy shit. Where has the time gone honestly. It went from dining plans and dorm rooms to food trucks and apartments, time really does fly. You’d think that as a third-year student in college I would get the hang of college by now and to some extent I think I do. I can easily plan my schedules, find my way through the city, and it’s been easier for me to meet new people. But there is still so much that I have to learn throughout my time in college. I might have these plans/ideas that I want to do and/or accomplish but as I look at myself there is so much naiveté in my way of thinking. This week for me has been a reminder of how far I am from the person I want to be. I saw myself just get sloppy with my consistency to God. The habits of the past were coming back up again and I felt so frustrated that I couldn’t be quicker with change.

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God is doing things in my life that I can’t see right now and I just should accept that as I continue onward. Just like how the house still needs to be built regardless of what troubles comes its way there is still a family that will one day live in this house and call it home. For me I need to know that even through these frustrations God is calling me to do greater things and build up relationships with people so that those people who I do build genuine relationships with are able to call the church their home. I am very thankful for all the things that has happened to me throughout the year though. Without these struggles and without the frustration that this year brought I wouldn’t be who I am without them. It has only made me more aware of the sins in my life that I NEED to address and to fix, while at the same time learn to rely on others when I need help. This upcoming year I hope that I can really be better for the new freshmen that come in but also those who remain in the community. Frustrations are a part of life and they will “delay” YOUR plan but God’s timing and HIS plan is always on time. Be strong and trust the process.

“Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.”

-Psalms 31:5

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Jonathan Joe

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