How To Get Along With Difficult People

[Shylynne]

What does one do in the circumstance of endless provocation for the purpose of self-entertainment, and when you respond in love, the other person feels the liberty to do even worse.  

oh ...I know that one!

You`ll need a rubber mallet (wrapping an old sock around a regular hammer is NOT recommended ).
 This should help effectively get the point across without breaking anything! (that being the gentleness part)



I am striving for perfection

[Willowbirch]

I am striving for perfection

[Whitehorse]

Shylynne, that sounds like a topper. I'll use that idea for the feisty family members!

[Shylynne]

LOL! It is a topper!

...sometimes the urge to bonk some peeps over the head ...well you know


feisty family members!

I uh...would`nt know a thang bout that

...well unless...tigerlily counts...yep she definately counts...


I better be good...I KNOW she owns a rubber mallet

[Shylynne]

We all have different background experiences. We all have different needs. We all perceive differently, learn differently, understand differently, grasp differently, feel acceptance differently, feel rejection differently, and find purpose differently. That is not "good" or "bad." It is just real. It may be just different, but it is absolutely real.

Reality demands God's people in God's kingdom be flexible, always learn, always grow toward God's purposes, and always spiritually mature in understanding God's priorities. People are different. That does not bother God, but it sure bothers us.
Our challenge: be as flexible as God is in meeting needs and encouraging us who are different.


~from REJOICING AND GROANING
http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org/chadwell/artic123.htm