Overcoming Frustration

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." John 16:33

I really need to just keep reading this passage over and over this morning. Yesterday, I got a message on my main computer that I use for my business indicating I was running low on space on my C: drive. Now you need to know that this machine is about 5 years old, running XP and I upgraded the memory about 5 months ago to be able to use the machine in my business. I am trying to limit my total expenditures while in start up mode.

I un-installed some software that I don't use anymore, cleaned up the hard drive, moving some things to my network drive and others just deleting. Great, I now had a little over 3GB of space free on my C: drive. Things were moving well again, I was able to work.

To my dismay, I logged on this morning to find the dreaded message box telling me the C: drive was low on storage. I looked at the status of the drive and only 18MB available. What is happening to my drive I thought to myself.

Right now I have a scan running on that machine. Thankfully, I've got all my code backed off to the network and can do some work on the family laptop. But I am frustrated because in searching the web for possible solutions to the disappearing hard drive space I am not pleased with what I am finding. It appears my drive may be toast, done in by some malware. Now the decision will need to be buy a new machine or a new hard drive. A tough question based on a) the age of the machine and b) the limited cash resources available right now.

Add to that the frustration that I feel as I am just days from the full general release of PrayerSteward for Blackberry devices. I am praying continuously for a solution to allow me to be able to release on time. I also keep coming back to the passage from John 16. I know that God has a plan for me and this is just a step in the journey within the plan. But it is mighty tough to keep smiling in the face of such adversity.

God Bless your Wednesday!