If love is not irritable then I was very unloving to my husband last night. Though I didn't speak ugliness out of my frustration and irritability the fact that I was annoyed was still evident. I knew I was being selfish and apologized to my husband for being so short fused. My favorite part about today's reading was the notion irritability is not excusable. It is so important we prioritize our daily lives. We need to be take time for our relationship with God, the stewardship of our minds and bodies, and we need to remember God asks us to take a day of rest. Several months ago now my husband was especially convicted in the area of the Sabbath. We are very conscious not to take a day of rest. God gave us this example because He knows how we work best. Avoiding unhealthy stress, eating healthy and exercising all need to be priorities in our lives if we want to not only be good stewards of what God has given us, but if we want to be less irritable.
As women we often excuse our behavior with hormones. I have fought this for years. Though there are times when I feel my emotions are all over the place I am not allowed to use this as an excuse for a lack of self control in my life. We often let PMS or pregnancy establish selfishness in our hearts. Self control is more difficult in these times, but we must practice obedience to our Lord with self control and love.
Today my hubby is back at work for 24hours. I will try to react to tough circumstances in my marriage with love, but I doubt there will be much opportunity for that today. I will have to incorporate this into tomorrows challenge and my everyday life.
As for scheduling priorities and wrong motivations I'm going to be praying (and would appreciate if you would too) that God would reveal to me what they are.
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