” Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend” Proverbs27:17

We all have a few people in our lives who are like sandpaper to us.  Some are like an entire package of sandpaper.  Believe it or not, God places them in our lives to smooth off our rough edges.  We are all like diamonds in the rough.  We have something beautiful and valuable underneath the hard crusty surface of our flesh.

When God has placed people in your life who are difficult to deal with, you may have thought they needed to change, but God wanted to use them to change YOU.  We must learn to deal with all kinds of people and appreciate the ways in which they are different from us.

I am sure you have people in your life who are very different that you.  Instead of being irritated, or proudly thinking we are right and they are wrong, we should seek to accept them in love, just as Christ accepts us.

We can be determined to love and to get along with each other no matter how different our personalities or situations may be.  Because when we love the people around us–even the most difficult people–we are opening ourselves up to learn something God may be trying to teach us.

 

Choose to walk in the love of Christ and let Him shape you through the other people He brings into your life.

 

Joyce Meyers