A nasty brew

Once I made a pasta dish, it looked great but I had put too much oregano which made it really nasty (bitter). This sermon has more than one nasty ingredient. Don't grumble and be patient. Let me tell you that all this week God hammered me, frustrating me, making me have plenty of opportunities to learn to be patient. I'm exhausted. I find that God does make me live what I preach, either before the sermon or after and sometimes both. It's an aspect of ministry which can make it really hard. A lot of things went wrong, I had writers block (which is increasingly frustrating as the deadline approaches). I had interruptions (including the police, no I wasn't in trouble) and then my computer has progressively died and last night I didn't get a wink of sleep. To be honest, I did a lot of grumbling and impatience this week, but hey, at least I'm aware of it and I'm trying to work on it too with God's help. the Rev