Am I a calming breeze or a storm waiting to happen? Please don’t answer this because I know the answer. It's called a rhetorical question. Anyways, today's love dare is entitled "Love is not irritable". It is interesting because it delves into reasons why we may be irritable to include stress, overworking, lack of rest, and selfishness.
Stress is a draining issue that many of us put on ourselves because we lack time management and multi-tasking. We fail to plan. We fail to prepare and when the alarm clock failed to go off, whoa to anyone who gets in our way of making it on time. The ugly head of irritability begins to flare wildly and scare even the most level-headed around us.
Some of us are so engulfed in stress that we have to fight to control our words in a relationship. The Bible calls them "loose lips". We fail to pray and ask God to help us with our irritability so that playing a simple game of Super Mario Brothers on the Wii does not involve hostility and shooting flames of curse words. We are to avoid arguments. Maybe to do so, we need to quit "running full steam ahead". Maybe what you think is your sacrifice, is costing your family or the one you love so much more than it costs you.
The Bible makes clear that "money is the root of all evil" and compares it to honey. "If you find honey, eat only what you need; otherwise, you'll get sick from it and vomit". (Proverbs 25:16) Money wreaks havoc in the home especially when you have a covetous spender... A selfish member who can never find contentment in what they have. This is so heavily attached to selfishness and can trouble the most even-tempered soul. We must learn to say no to ourselves sometimes.
Life is a marathon, not a sprint... So SLOW DOWN! We must balance the things we have now and not kill ourselves in the process. This again assists who? All those around us. It shows self-control and a splash of class when we put those we love above what we want. We always tell ourselves that we've done so much for others that we need to do for ourselves. We deserve... and I-Pad...lol... This is what every selfish person tells themself when they need to save instead of spend... Yet the fix in our brain is an item that will collect dust... maybe not in a month... but we can do without... You will never buy your happiness! Course the I-Phone has come close...lol...
The Love Dare says that "some people are like lemons; when life squeezes them; they pour out a sour response". But... some are like peaches and their result is still sweet... I want that to be me! I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. I am overworked sometimes, and excessive, and stressed, with a lack of sleep, a lack of rest, failing to delegate, becoming bitter at failure to delegate, and taking it out on any one who dares to get close. The problem is... Love is NOT irritable...
A few more indicators of a "crash" (wish Toyota had those) are lust, bitterness, pride, and greed as reasons for being irritable. Life is so short and we cannot waste anymore time treating those we love the worst. We discourage our family members and lash out at grocery clerks and slow drivers. We fail to take responsibility for what is going on in our own hearts. We are like a Toyota on an icy mountain road. The pedal is stuck and we are heading for a dangerous cliff. We cry out for On star but they can only call for help and find your coordinates. We must, along with Jesus, take the wheel and try to steer ourselves in the path less traveled... Humbleness, mercy, self-control... Not greed, lust, debt, for we'll pay the toll...
Todays dare... remove irritability from the equation all day with your loved one(s)... Do not! Be irritable... and write down areas in your life where you need to margin your schedule and list wrong motivations in your life...
Stress is a draining issue that many of us put on ourselves because we lack time management and multi-tasking. We fail to plan. We fail to prepare and when the alarm clock failed to go off, whoa to anyone who gets in our way of making it on time. The ugly head of irritability begins to flare wildly and scare even the most level-headed around us.
Some of us are so engulfed in stress that we have to fight to control our words in a relationship. The Bible calls them "loose lips". We fail to pray and ask God to help us with our irritability so that playing a simple game of Super Mario Brothers on the Wii does not involve hostility and shooting flames of curse words. We are to avoid arguments. Maybe to do so, we need to quit "running full steam ahead". Maybe what you think is your sacrifice, is costing your family or the one you love so much more than it costs you.
The Bible makes clear that "money is the root of all evil" and compares it to honey. "If you find honey, eat only what you need; otherwise, you'll get sick from it and vomit". (Proverbs 25:16) Money wreaks havoc in the home especially when you have a covetous spender... A selfish member who can never find contentment in what they have. This is so heavily attached to selfishness and can trouble the most even-tempered soul. We must learn to say no to ourselves sometimes.
Life is a marathon, not a sprint... So SLOW DOWN! We must balance the things we have now and not kill ourselves in the process. This again assists who? All those around us. It shows self-control and a splash of class when we put those we love above what we want. We always tell ourselves that we've done so much for others that we need to do for ourselves. We deserve... and I-Pad...lol... This is what every selfish person tells themself when they need to save instead of spend... Yet the fix in our brain is an item that will collect dust... maybe not in a month... but we can do without... You will never buy your happiness! Course the I-Phone has come close...lol...
The Love Dare says that "some people are like lemons; when life squeezes them; they pour out a sour response". But... some are like peaches and their result is still sweet... I want that to be me! I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. I am overworked sometimes, and excessive, and stressed, with a lack of sleep, a lack of rest, failing to delegate, becoming bitter at failure to delegate, and taking it out on any one who dares to get close. The problem is... Love is NOT irritable...
A few more indicators of a "crash" (wish Toyota had those) are lust, bitterness, pride, and greed as reasons for being irritable. Life is so short and we cannot waste anymore time treating those we love the worst. We discourage our family members and lash out at grocery clerks and slow drivers. We fail to take responsibility for what is going on in our own hearts. We are like a Toyota on an icy mountain road. The pedal is stuck and we are heading for a dangerous cliff. We cry out for On star but they can only call for help and find your coordinates. We must, along with Jesus, take the wheel and try to steer ourselves in the path less traveled... Humbleness, mercy, self-control... Not greed, lust, debt, for we'll pay the toll...
Todays dare... remove irritability from the equation all day with your loved one(s)... Do not! Be irritable... and write down areas in your life where you need to margin your schedule and list wrong motivations in your life...
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