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Dealing With Difficult People - Part 2

“By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”   
    - John 13:35

Someone asked, 'can't we just ignore the difficult people or better still pray that they be removed from our lives'?

Well, I know virtually everyone doesn't want to do deal with difficult people if they could have that chance but it's not always so...

...And the reason why difficult people are not removed from our lives is because these people are specifically assigned to us as spiritual exercises to teach us and help us grow.
They are there to teach us and us to teach them.

As Christians, Jesus requires us to LEARN all that He teaches and what He teaches is LOVE. God's love.

God's Love is the way everything gets fixed!
Instead of turning our hearts and minds off from those people who offend us, God is asking us to pray for them, have patience, respect and think on who they are and forgive them for hurting us. We must look for the good in them and begin to LOVE THEM.

In doing so, we are loving them as Christ loved us.

Were we really such angelic, loving people before Christ touched our hearts and poured His love on us?

In the same way that Jesus loved us despite who we were, He asks us to love each other in the exact same way. With compassion, understanding, forgiveness and grace.

And when we love on others, they know it. They see it. They feel it. And perhaps they will see God in you. This is the way of the Lord. 
This is how our hearts will become more like Him, when we shine God's love. And this is how the world can be changed.

Each day, I have to learn to love the people in my life who I have issues with and seek to work things out. If there is a problem in any relationship, I as a Christian must do my best to resolve any issues, through understanding, compromise, patience and love. It isn't just the other person who has to change but I have to do my part of making a negative situation positive. To bring God's love as Jesus did for me.

So why are there difficult people in our lives? 
Because they are assigned to us and us to them by God in His masterful plan to teach us all how to LOVE each other like He loves us. Unconditionally.

We all have difficult people in our lives. Our job is to love them, press through, and pray for them anyway.

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