Annoyance

So this morning I came across quite the proverb to start my day.

"A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult." Prov. 12:16

Does this convict anyone else? I hope that I will always remember this when I find myself annoyed by someone. Seems that I/we can become annoyed way too easily. The way someone is doing something, things that others say...and the list can go on. Prudent means to be wise, sensible and careful about ones conduct. It's time to pray this, pray it more and live it out. It means I need to pay close attention to being patient. Seems that if I don't get annoyed easily that along with wanting to be prudent I will find patients.

Now what about the other part of this - the part about overlooking an insult. I can't even begin to count the number of people that I have been insulted by or that have insulted people that I love. When I am truly prudent, I will overlook the insult. Yikes - that is sooooo hard to do.

Lord, keep working on me. I never want to stop growing!