So Frustrated I'm Spitting Nails Grace

Although I try not to argue with others, I recently got into a situation where I was so frustrated, I was spitting nails! I was talking with someone who gave me lame excuses for something and continued to do so. I allowed their actions to affect mine and I'm frustrated with myself for letting that happen.

 I needed to come home and pray and turn it over. I needed So Frustrated I'm Spitting Nails Grace, and fortunately Christ has calmed me down despite the nagging comebacks that flash through my mind. 

 Those angry words that just want to leak all over the place can bring about no good. They only can hurt the other person and my relationship with them. The only one that benefits from angry words is Satan. It's like he's there sitting in the wings saying, "I knew if I stuck in there long enough, she would break sooner or later and once she's got a taste of this anger, she's not going to want to stop. Yippee! One more for my side!"

 Well, I've been very blessed by a Savior who gives me grace in the midst of situations when my instinct is to charge in and give the other person what for! Christ is there beside me saying, "Is it really worth it? You know I am there with you. What more can you ask for?" He's right and I am very blessed and I don't want to be spitting nails any more!

Example of a Brief Prayer

But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. Acts 15:11

I was with someone who was scooping up some free popcorn. They didn't ask me if I wanted any. The person told me that I should get a bag of popcorn and then took it from my hands. They wanted me to get the popcorn for them to eat later.

It's such a silly thing, but it really did irritate me. Didn't that person think about whether I wanted some or not? Couldn't they have asked me if I wanted some before they took it from my hands? I found myself getting frustrated at that person. Then, it popped into my mind that that's not what Christ wants of me. He wants me to be gracious to those who irritate me, but I was too frustrated to be gracious at that moment.

What I prayed was, "Popcorn Grace," and immediately Christ calmed me down, so that I didn't respond to the person in a less than positive manner. Although the "Popcorn Grace" prayer was very brief, I was asking Christ to please give me grace with this popcorn situation, so I would respond in a gracious manner, and He did! It amazed me that He knew and understood my brief prayer and granted me that grace, so I could be more gracious as an example of how He works in my life! I have continued to use these brief prayers which are changing my life and my response to others. If Christ can do this for me, He can most certainly do it for you, as well. Try it...what can it hurt?