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Difficult people Bible in one year: 2 Samuel 12–13 Luke 16 A gentle answer rejects anger, but a harsh word arouses anger. Proverbs 15:1 Today's Scriptures & Insight: Proverbs 15:1–7, 18 Lucy Worsley is a British television historian and presenter. Like most people in the public eye, he sometimes receives nasty mail, if any, about a slight speech impediment that makes his r sound like w's. One person wrote this: "Lucy, I'll be blunt: Please try harder to correct your lazy speech or remove the r's from your scripts, I couldn't sit through your TV series because it bothered me so much. Greetings, Darren." For some people, an insensitive comment like this could trigger an equally rude response. But so Lucy replied: "Oh Darren, I think you've used internet anonymity to say something you probably wouldn't say to my face. Please reconsider your cruel words! Lucy." Lucy's meddly response worked. Darren apologized and promised not to send anyone such an email again. "A gentle answer rejects anger," Proverbs says, "but a hard word arouses anger" (15:1). While the hot-tempered person shakes things up, the patient calms them down (v. 18. When we receive a critical comment from a colleague, a snide comment from a family member, or an unpleasant response from a stranger, we have the option: to say angry words that feed the flames or soft words that douse them. May God help us say words that descend anger, and perhaps even help difficult people change. Reflect & Pray Think of a time when you've become defensive with someone. Why do you think you reacted like that? How might they respond differently in the power of God? Love God, give me the ability to respond to conflicting people with patient and gentle words. 
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A long time ago, it seemed most adults only said hurtful things to the people closest to them, and they were usually ashamed if anyone else heard them. It seems the anonymity of the internet has taken away that and some people feels it is their right to talk to others in the most hateful way..... and they don't care what others might think, because they don't have to look them in the face. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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Some of the meanest people on this site hide behind blank, multiple, and anonymous profile. It doesn't matter - the pain that they try to generate on others will spiral back into them. They need prayers. Abracadabra 
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