Love is Not Irritable

Now, doesn't that just irritate you? To say love is not irritable, really irritates me. Of course I get irritated, don't you? The Living Bible goes on to say love "is not irritable or touchy." You can't help but think of the sand in the oyster that irritates to produce a pearl. Sometimes the irritations are there to work in us a great treasure. Sometimes though we may notice the irritations are there and they shouldn't be...in other words, we are being "too touchy", or too critical, or too self absorbed. The next time you notice you are irritated, ask yourself if it is there to produce something wonderful, or is it your self obsession. That way, either way ~ it can produce something wonderful!