Using What You Have

 I bought two bags of beautiful navel oranges.They turned out to be so sour,  it made my cheeks hurt! Juicing them would  not have helped so out came the Dutch pot and brown sugar. It was a much longer process than just enjoying a fresh peeled orange. The outcome was also different. Instead of a few oranges, l now have a sweet treat to last a couple of weeks.
 Like you, I prefer easy.  But often what we think will be a simple 1-2-3 turn out to be tools or the building blocks for something greater. Trials, problems, disappointments,  failure are all "sour stuff." Still, God uses them to build character traits we would never have acquired otherwise. Today, I'm saying nothing new. Use your problems as stepping stones and your distress as discipline. And if your beautiful oranges turn out to be unfit for a snack, don't get angry. Make jam.
God bless you !