Eph 4:2b in the Passion Translation reads, “Always demonstrate gentleness and generous love toward one another, especially toward those who may try your patience.” This reminds me of 1 Cor 13:5b, “Love is not easily irritated.” Wow! Behaving like that is not something that comes easily to most people. Do you have someone in your life that irritates you at times? I’m guessing most people would answer, yes and it’s often someone close to us, like a family member. Our natural response would probably be to snap at them or say something we would regret later. However, if we are Christians, we are not natural people, we are supernatural! We have the Holy Spirit on the inside of us to help us respond with the unconditional, sacrificial agape love of God. Of course, this doesn’t come easily to us as we are used to responding “in the flesh.” However, it’s not impossible or God wouldn’t have told us to do it. We have to train ourselves to think before we speak. One way of doing this is to write these verses on a card and stick them somewhere handy so that when we are tempted to be irritated, we can read them and ask God to help us respond in love because “love never fails” (1 Cor 13:8a NKJV).