I highly recommend this Facebook post encouragement, suggested by a friend pastor, of how to deal with TOUGH PEOPLE. UGH…. 

I do not know the author Graham Cooke, but I do trust my friend’s suggestion. And I find the post fiercely spiritually spot on: “Tough people aren’t your enemy – they’re your classroom where God develops His character in you and teaches you how to love like He does.”

Oh yeah, the best way to bring mental peace into your life is to find and express JESUS PEACEMAKER out FROM your life. Our GROWING is Jesus’s GLOWING.

A friend once told me that if we haven’t learned how to deal with a certain type of person in our life, we are doomed to repeat that person over and over in different people. I have found this to be true. The toughest people to deal with are the toughest people who tick you off and yet you are forced to deal with them. Or you could simply say there are a lot of tough people out there who tick you off!!! But God has a purpose in us to try to see how He sees. If you ever think you want God’s status, don’t, remember how tough that must be!!! God loves everyone, including those who hate Him, hate people, and breed hate.

God IS rather than God reacts. God IS LOVE!!!

Lord, “Help me respond from love, not react from hurt.” – Let me resonate with Your LOVE!

Okay, here’s the post that really resonates!

FROM GRAHAM COOKE, AUTHOR, “Tough people aren’t your enemy – they’re your classroom where God develops His character in you and teaches you how to love like He does.

“The Father doesn’t remove difficult people from your life to make things easier. He uses them to reveal what’s already inside you and develop what He wants to build in you – patience, grace, wisdom, and supernatural love.

“You can’t control how people treat you, but you get to choose who you become in response to them. Every challenging interaction is an opportunity to practice responding from your new nature instead of reacting from old patterns.

“The beautiful reality: When you respond to difficult people with God’s heart instead of human defensiveness, you discover strength, peace, and love that you didn’t know you had access to. Their behavior becomes the very thing that reveals God’s power in you.

“Tough people often expose areas where God wants to do deeper work. Instead of avoiding them or trying to change them, ask God what He wants to develop in you through the relationship.

“Kingdom Routine for today: Before engaging with a challenging person, pray: “God, how do You see this person? What aspect of Your character do You want to develop in me through this interaction? Help me respond from love, not react from hurt.” 

“Difficult people don’t disqualify you from God’s purposes – they qualify you to demonstrate His love in ways others can’t.”