Dealing With Difficult People (God’s Way)

We all have people in our lives that are difficult, annoying or just down right rude. How do you handle these people? I read an article that I really enjoyed. As a Christian I am called to love, and that means love even the ones that rub me the wrong way. Here is a paragraph from the article “Dealing with difficult people (God’s way)” at http://www.mtlmagazine.com/mtlmagazine/departments/articles.php?cat=my_relationships&id=9

“As difficult as it was for me to hear, Scripture is clear. As Christians, in light of all we have received in Christ, we are bound to a different standard when it comes to relating with unpleasant people. The world may say, “He hurt you, so hurt him back.” But God’s Word says that we are to “destroy them” with love. In my case, this meant that although I wanted to use my verbal skills to defend myself and prove him wrong, I was instead called to consider diligently the truth in his accusations and respond in humility and love. I also looked for ways to encourage him through emails and calls, even though my preference would have been to avoid him. God’s grace enabled me to speak carefully of him to others, even though in my pride I would have wanted to slander him and bring disrespect on him.”

Please follow the link above to read the full article, you won’t regret it. 😉

It’s through love that they see Jesus with-in. Do they see Jesus in you?

Day 40 of 365