Of all the traits that are to be associated with believers, perhaps the hardest (at least for me) is remaining patient and kind with difficult people. I’m sure you’re familiar with these sorts of individuals — co-workers, classmates, associates, even friends in your circle that, for whatever reason, just irritate and aggravate you to no end. When the apostle Paul says that love is patient and kind (1 Cor 13:4), that doesn’t mean for only those people you get along with — those friends you really click with. That’s everyone: friends, enemies, acquaintances, superiors, subordinates, and yes, those difficult people.
Loving difficult people.
Loving difficult people.
Loving difficult people.
Of all the traits that are to be associated with believers, perhaps the hardest (at least for me) is remaining patient and kind with difficult people. I’m sure you’re familiar with these sorts of individuals — co-workers, classmates, associates, even friends in your circle that, for whatever reason, just irritate and aggravate you to no end. When the apostle Paul says that love is patient and kind (1 Cor 13:4), that doesn’t mean for only those people you get along with — those friends you really click with. That’s everyone: friends, enemies, acquaintances, superiors, subordinates, and yes, those difficult people.