Fighting Frustration & Worry

This being my first post on this new blog, I didn't want to completely bog down any readers with a ton of religious junk. Basically, I will be writing about the spiritual side of me. I want to share my daily--sometimes even hourly--struggles as a believer, not only for my need to release things, but so that others can see that I am as completely human as the next person.
Frustration seems to be the key word for today. In fact, it has been the key word for several weeks now. I think that what's so frustrating to me is that I just don't understand Him sometimes. Not that I ever will, nor should I ever have that privilege. I read something interesting yesterday on another blog about how we should view God as the captain of a massive ship--OUR massive ship of a life. Only He has the power to steer this ship in the necessary direction, and if we attempt to do it ourselves we will eventually crash into an iceburg just as the great Titanic did. There have been times that I have whined to my Father enough that he backed off of the steering wheel and let me have it. Let's just say the end result wasn't pretty. I crashed and burned for sure.
Frustration and worry, to me, are just tools that the devil uses to throw me off course. I can sit and be frustrated or worried all day long, but what does that accomplish? Nothing. Well, ok one thing--it allows anger to creep back in. No good, my friend. No good.
I grabbed my trusty study Bible from the bookshelf this afternoon and was directed to this:
Psalm 103:1-5
"Bless the Lord , Oh my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Bless the Lord, Oh my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."

Isn't that an amazing passage?!? It says to "forget not His benefits;" why dwell on the negative about our lives when we have all of HIS benefits at our disposal? I am not sure if what I am feeling frustrated or worried about is an area in which I am being tested, or if it's just a way of shaking me and waking me up from my dreamworld. The Message Bible says in Psalm 103:6 that "God makes everything come out right." You bet He does! I think it's time I tighten up the belt of Truth and forget my frustrations and worries. After all, God makes everything come out right!