Frustration

Julie had a frustrating day today at work, and I thought that this pic says a thousand words how a frustrating day can feel, I'm sure we can all relate. Through many mistakes I have found that frustrations at work present golden opportunities in relationships. Specifically in marriages. They are opportunities for Julie and I to handle together and bring us closer together. Now this does not always happen (the closer together part). I too often like many men like to skip the sympathy role and get to the remedy. After all who wants to sit around and think about a problem from a million different ways and continue to relive it? I'd rather try to fix it so it does not happen again, and fix it immediately. Besides we gotta get the facts and figure out who is right and wrong and figure this thing out---Danger Zone. But my wife does not work that way. I have learned probably just a tip of the iceberg of what it means to "come along side" my wife and try to understand those frustrating feelings. And I still mess it up more than get it right. Now 4 years into this marriage I am getting a little better. I have come to find how important these golden opportunities are for Julie and I. They are critical to the safety and nurturing of her feelings. And for us this builds our intimacy and oneness. For me this also creates a very real picture of how the Holy Spirit deals with us in our prayers of frustrations and hard times. Today we handled the frustrations better than normal--Thank You God! Hopefully we can do even better next time!