Hello Officer
We have in this country people who are called Peace officers. Did you know you as a Christian are called to keep the peace as well? Matthew 5:9 says “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.” Some that know me know that for 13 years I worked at a call center and I dealt with all kinds of attitude problems from callers and coworkers alike. I very much dislike arguments of any form. In Romans 12:18 God gives us one of the hardest commands to follow. It’s a command for any relationship you have with anyone. “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” I can already hear the Mission Impossible theme playing in my head. In Romans 14:19 we see this. “Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.”
Some of you argumentative people need to “Simmer down now!” Stop arguing and being so sarcastic and learn to interact with people. In Galatians 5:22 it lists the fruit of the Spirit and right there #3 on the list is peace. As Christians we are part of the body of Christ and we’re supposed to be at peace with other believers and unbelievers. It said if at all possible as much as it depends on you. Depends on you and me um the other person doesn’t seem too responsible here all of the focus seems to shift to the reader making them responsible. Are we trying to be at peace with others? Uh we’re supposed to be. The verse didn’t seem to let anyone off the hook. Maybe just maybe we need to step down off our high horse and stop thinking so highly of ourselves and treat others better than ourselves. It’s what we were supposed to be doing before we got our feathers all ruffled. Ruffles are for potato chips anyway not people. I would tell you to Keep calm and call Batman but really keep calm and seek God! God can humble you and it won’t be pretty or you could humble yourself and pray for the person you aren’t at peace with. I guarantee from personal experience it becomes hard to stay mad at someone when you pray for them because God changes your heart.
I recently posted this picture on Facebook and it had a picture of the Bible and said “The answer to all of life’s problems can be found in this book.” Someone made the comment that it doesn’t tell you how to deal with difficult people. My response was it was pretty well explained by Jesus in Matthew 22:37-40 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and prophets hang on these two commandments.” It’s upward because we love God and put him first then its outward because we love others but we can’t do one without the other.
“You can see the world from here
The stars of heaven will appear
When the love He gives is the love you share
You can see the world.” You can see the wold by Whiteheart
Romans 15:1-4
“We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his own good to build him up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: ‘The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.’ For everything written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.”
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