DIFFICULT PEOPLE

“... love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” – Matthew 5:44




A senior manager used to tease me a lot. He would jeeringly call me “father” in front my colleagues because I carried the Bible and wouldn’t laugh at inappropriate jokes. A few months later, that person had a crisis in his career and personal life.

I had a chance to work with our president and GM. He was a nice guy but there were times he would verbally abuse people, me included. I later found out that he drank a lot and he died at an early age. An officemate of mine likes to shout at people when things go wrong. It just irritated me. I later found out that his children had rare diseases.

A priest would be irritable at Mass or even during confession and had very little patience. This bothered me. I later discovered that he was a cancer patient. The Lord sends people who steal my peace as His way of calling me to pray for them — for their salvation or their special needs. Sometimes, it’s easier to just react with the same irritation or annoyance they cause me. But the Lord calls me to be a channel of blessing to them — to love them. This way, I become more like Jesus.
 
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