“Do you get frustrated when your building (The Lego Church Project)?”
During the display recently in Midland, MI a young kid asked me this question. Which I thought was rather profound and deep for someone of their age. Children are a light in the world because they see things a lot clear and with a high level of honesty that is lacking in our society. I love it when I get these kinds of questions as they require me to think.
The very nature of what I do with The Project means that I contend with a lot of internal frustrations. I've written blog articles about how much trouble I have finding parishes to display at. However the build itself also brings about some frustrations from time to time. You have to figure that I'm building something that is about 4ft in length, 2ft in width, and 2ft to the tip of the bell tower. Not to mention with a full interior and lights inside that were not intended for use with LEGO. With this kind of work you run into design issues. Parts not wanting to line up correctly. Waves in the base plates. Or just over all problems were you have to make compromises that some time divert from your overall vision.
How I decide to navigate those frustrations, not just with The Project, but in my life in general should be no surprise to anyone who has followed my work. It is also part of the answer I gave the group when I answered that younger child. Every time I run into some kind of frustration or challenge I put it before God in prayer. Given that prayer is the foundation of not only The Project but also my life. Often times though prayer I can find some kind of answer that will work for the problem at hand. Along with a level of clarity that I just cannot see at the present moment. Often due to my own emotions of the time. Prayer is the key to finding the answers and working around all that troubles my heart.
Frustration with life will always happen in some form or another. It is how you chose to deal with that frustration is what makes the difference. For me dealing with such things relies on endless prayer. Sometimes it is just a "conversation with God" about what is going on. Other times it has more structure. Yet in the end I find it is often the best way to navigate things. -
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