https://blog.nathanlandisfunk.com/2015/03/31/five-ways-to-deal-with-difficult-people/ Musings of a Singer-Songwriter & Sojourner Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:40:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://blog.nathanlandisfunk.com/2015/03/31/five-ways-to-deal-with-difficult-people/#comment-24 Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:40:46 +0000 http://liveitreal.org/?p=3375#comment-24 Thanks Ken! Good word!!

]]> https://blog.nathanlandisfunk.com/2015/03/31/five-ways-to-deal-with-difficult-people/#comment-23 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 21:52:53 +0000 http://liveitreal.org/?p=3375#comment-23 Good thoughtful reflections dealing with a subject that none of us has the luxury of ever saying ‘I have no experience in that particular subject matter’.
Regarding your 3rd point in asking people the question :’What are you going to do’, may I offer a comment :
I believe it was Todd White who also stated the importance of asking that question in similar circumstances, except it is God doing the asking, and we do the answering.
He imagines God as somehow leaning forward in His heavenly throne, exuding an air of delightful expectancy and infinite love, as though our response was the only thing occupying His attention at the moment.
To me this is a beautiful picture of a God who, ”having given us everything we need for life and godliness, ‘ ( 2 Peter 1) now awaits to see what we will do with what He has so graciously entrusted us with.
It affirms once again that the gospel is a gospel of personal responsibility, and that no matter what intractable situation or difficult person we are dealing with, we can always pursue and choose those things that make for peace, for healing, and for life.
‘Doing life ‘ is so much more fun and becomes such an amazing adventure, isn’t it, when it comes out of a personal relationship with Jesus, whose life and whose teaching pretty much sums up everything we need to know about the subject.
Thank-you for allowing me to share a few thoughts that were stirred as I reflected on your excellent article.

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