Do You Have A Difficult Person In Your Life?

I got this wonderful e-mail today from Mammu Chinn (my Nanay-Nanayan in our choir). It's very enlightening and I thought that it would be great to share it with you.

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God allows difficult people to come into our lives to give us very special gifts. What could these gifts be?

It seems like everyone on the planet has a difficult person to strangle, er, I mean to grapple with. But “What special gifts do Difficult People give you?”

Here are the big 4 gifts you receive from difficult people. (Note: Check out especially Gift #2, because that’s what many people don’t do…)

Gift #1:
Difficult people can teach you how to love,
preparing you for Heaven!

§ You learn to become more patient, more understanding, more persevering.
§ You have pity for them because you realize that “Hurt people hurt people”
§ You learn to see the good qualities even among difficult people.
§ You learn how to be compassionate as God is compassionate.
§ You learn how to forgive, to remove bitterness from your heart.

Gift #2:
Difficult people can teach you to protect yourself
and learn to say “No” to abuse.

§ You learn to love yourself, respect yourself, by no longer allowing abuse.
§ You learn to be courageous and stand up against bullies.
§ You learn to give tough love—refusing his abuse again. It may be the most loving thing you can do for a difficult person.
§ You wizen up, learn tact, and learn how to distance yourself from harmful people.

Gift #3:
Difficult people can help you
get to know your weaknesses.

§ Difficult people remind you that you too could be difficult to others.
§ Difficult people teach you many important lessons in life. By seeing the tragic results of their actions, you’re inspired to do the very opposite of what they do.

Gift #4:
Difficult people can bring you closer to God.

§ Difficult people force you to pray a lot. (“Lord, help! I can’t take it anymore!”)
§ Difficult people force you to trust in God. (“Lord, I give up! I’ve done everything but she’s still a monster…”)
§ Praying for difficult people may not change them, but YOU will.
§ “Your cross (difficult person) is your key to heaven…” St. Poveda
§ You realize that YOU are God’s difficult person—yet you’re still loved by God!
Friend, God allows difficult people into your life to give you these 4 gifts.
Don’t miss receiving them!


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