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A Minor Melt Down on the Coffee Machine

If you walked into my house last week, you would have found me having a fight with a coffee machine. Like any other normal person, I like to have coffee in the morning. And like any other coffee lover, if I don't get my coffee, insanity ensues. 

My thoughts when there was no coffee.
On this particular morning, my coffee machine decided to make all the appropriate noises but do none of the appropriate functions to make coffee. Water was spewing everywhere; Kcups were wasted; coffee cups were splattered why murky coffee like substance.  I. Freaked. Out. I ripped the cord out of the wall, threw the machine in the sink upside down and cursed the heck out of it. I might venture the say this was a little over the top for an innocent coffee machine with no heart beat. I might even venture to say it could have been user error. I don't know, but whatever it was, my reaction was a little dramatic for a plastic item.

Jarrod encouraged me to take a break as I instructed him to "find a way to get coffee into a cup." I went to the recliner and asked God why on earth I could be so mad at a coffee pot and he showed me immediately someone I needed to forgive. I found it interesting that he would bring up an issue of forgiveness when I was clearly mad at the coffee machine. But, you see, I wasn't mad at the coffee machine. I was feeling frustrated at my perceived inadequacies and took out my frustration on a coffee machine. After I dealt with the forgiveness issue, I was able to go back into the coffee situation and fix it easily and without anger. I'm not even going to tell you how embarrassingly easy it was to fix once my emotions weren't clouded with resentment. 

Your misplaced anger might not stem from an issue of forgiveness but from frustrations originating from another source. The only way you'll be able to fully deal with the root of the anger is through God. So. please take time to have a quick (or long) conversation with God to find the root of your anger so you can stop taking it out on innocent people or objects. :) He's a loving God that can't wait to hear from you and work together through issues Have fun!
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