Love is not irritable; Love is not resentful.

The two go hand in hand – truly the epitome of a viscous cycle. We already talked about that fact that love is indeed patient. Love helps those short fuses grow longer. Love also keeps bitterness at bay. Remember anger isn’t a sin, but how we handle that anger potentially could be. And harboring hard and hostile feelings won’t help any situation. In fact, harboring hostile feelings is a fiery, festering furnace ready to blow at any given minute.

God, I don’t want to snap at the people I love. I don’t want to be annoyed with them, and I certainly don’t want to make them feel like they are annoying.

And if anyone had the right to be resentful it was your son Jesus. He came down from a perfect Heaven to die an unimaginable death for imperfect people. People that shamed Him, deceived Him, and still to this day deny Him.

God, help us to do better. Help us to love better. Help us to be more like you. Amen