A little frustration.....

Maturity is, I think, one of the hardest things to yield to. We get comfortable as people with our friends and family, but then that is what makes us loosen up our guard on maybe things we say, or being lax about something we might expect from them without asking. We are thoughtful and polite to new people, but are extremely thoughtless and even tactless to people we come in contact with daily. What a horrible thing we war against, whether it be from Satan or just our plain old flesh. We get hurt so many times by insensitive comments, but then we shoot back imprudently just to avoid them noticing how they had cut us. Our words truly are as sharp as a sword, and like James 1:19 and verse 26, we should be more prayerful in our words towards others. "A soft word turns away wrath." I sometimes despise this verse, because it takes a complete humbleness of my pride to obey this one note of wisdom from the Lord. Help! But this frustration will pass, and maybe the next time will be easier, because it is slowly building my maturity.