SANDPAPER PEOPLE
Ok . . . now I certainly can't be the only one who has had (or has)
someone in their life that has rub them the wrong way. How do we respond
to those "sandpaper" people that God brings across our path? Well,
author Mary Southerland suggests in her new book -- SANDPAPER PEOPLE --
DEALING WITH THE ONES WHO RUB YOU THE WRONG WAY (Harvest House
Publishers) -- that there are twelve things we can we do when we do
indeed encounter SANDPAPER PEOPLE:
1. Be loving: Recognize their worth.
2. Be humble: Choose against pride.
3. Be accepting: Love them just as they are.
4. Be encouraging: Become their greatest cheerleader.
5. Be patient: Learn to endure.
6. Be forgiving (Ouch!): Forgive and forget.
7. Be caring: Meet a need.
8. Be peaceful: Wage peace -- be a peacemaker.
9. Be confrontational: Care enough to confront.
10. Be thankful: Thank God for them.
11. Be strong: Develop endurance.
12. Be committed: REFUSE TO WALK AWAY!
"Fools are headstrong and explode all too quickly; the prudent quietly
shrug off insults." -- Proverbs 12:16 THE MESSAGE
Next time you face one of those SANDPAPER PEOPLE -- Pull out this list
and allow God to work in your life as well as theirs!
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