TOO EASILY IRKED

Generally speaking I have grown much more patient through the years, but I am still far too easily irked. This is one of the ways darkness maintains a foothold and continually plagues my soul. When annoyances are permitted to hang around without constraint they huddle together and increase in number. In this unrestrained condition of self-indulgence, problems seem huge and God seems small. How foolish. Father, forgive my imprudence and help me keep my bearings. Remind me how annoying I must be to You, yet You are eternally patient with my deficiencies.