Grow Up Irritation

Grow Up

Irritation

I am not sure I could count all my

pet peeves but there are a lot of them.

They all have one thing in common…

They cause “Irritation”.

“The state of feeling annoyed, impatient, or angry.”

I am sure you too are a pet lover

 and have some pet peeves.

Be honest you don’t love your

pet peeves so get rid of them. 

Children love pets.

When I was growing up I had snakes, turtles,

frogs, fish, and as I grew older I got a dog.

 I also got some other pets…

PET PEEVES

I have known people who were so angry

their pet peeve was another person breathing.

 

Maybe your pet peeve is not

that bad but you still have some.

Our kennel of irritation is not funny,

it is real.

If you have ever been in a cast you

know how miserable and itchy it can be.

You can’t reach the itch

 so you can’t scratch it.

It may be very little, but it has consumed

all your mental and emotional energy.

Yes, it has controlled your life.

Our life changes when our pet

peeves control our feelings.

The itch of impatience and anger…

Causes grinding of teeth, pulling hair, breaking

things and language that I will not use in this devotional.

 

Our pet peeves live in people.

They make it hard to love even those closest to us.

Pet peeves destroy relationships.

So how do we control our pets?

You and I need a pet sitting service.

We need a place to send our pets so

we can get along peacefully in life.

  

It just so happens there is such a place.

God’s Word tells us to…

“Cast all your anxiety on him

because he cares for you.”

I know Peter is talking to the youth and is

talking about bigger cares than pet peeves but…

If God can take care of our bigger irritations,

He can certainly take care of our little pet peeves.

So what is God’s advice?

Take your pets to Him.

Be humble, you too, irritate others.

Be self-controlled.

Your pet peeve is only an excuse, get over it.

 

Resist the provoker of your pets,

the devil loves to rile up your pets.

So resist the devil and act out your faith

and the devil will leave with your pet peeves.

 

Be honest you don’t love your

pet peeves so get rid of them.  

Scripture Reading NIV

Ephesians 4:15-16

15 Instead, speaking the truth in love,

we will in all things grow up into him

who is the Head, that is, Christ.

1 Peter 5:5-11

5 Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older.

All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,

"God opposes the proud

but gives grace to the humble."

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 11 To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.