In spite of bureacracy...

Since Snowmageddon, I have been struggling to get things back on track.  I had a full 10 days of loafing.  One would think that would be enjoyable, and it was for a while.  But soon, I wanted to get back to some sort of routine.  God wired us to be productive.  What that means for me may be different for others.  But I know God wired my to work and produce results.  So imagine my frustration as I sit in my office day in and day out working to get things done, only to take a step backward instead of forward!  The government bureaucracy and inability to accomplish the simplest of tasks is astounding, and it has progressively worsened over the last 5 yrs.  I have been praying on this a lot lately.  I guess I was hoping for the sea of bureaucracy to part and allow things to pass thru to fruition.  Instead, it has been more of the same.  Still, today, for the first time in a while, instead of questioning why I was there, I found myself just content to do the best I can do.  I like to think of Daniel, and Joseph.  How did they manage their frustration?  Daniel had to serve a pagan king, while Joseph was enslaved to pagans.  I'm sure both gave counsel that was ignored at one point or another.  I'm sure in that situation, it definitely felt like backwards progress.  But they remained faithful.  And that is what I pray for.