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April 20, 2021 8:00 pm
Lucy Worsley is a British historian and TV presenter. Like most people in the public eye, she sometimes receives nasty mail—in her case, over a mild speech impediment that makes her R’s sound like W’s. One person wrote this: “Lucy, I’ll be blunt: Please try harder to correct your lazy speech or remove R’s from your scripts—I couldn’t sit through your TV series because it made me so annoyed. Regards, Darren.”
For some people, an insensitive comment like this might trigger an equally rude reply. But here’s how Lucy responded: “Oh Darren, I think you’ve used the anonymity of the internet to say something you probably wouldn’t say to my face. Please reconsider your unkind words! Lucy.”
Lucy’s measured response worked. Darren apologized and vowed not to send anyone such an email again.
“A gentle answer turns away wrath,” Proverbs says, “but a harsh word stirs up anger” (15:1). While the hot-tempered person stirs things up, the patient person calms them down (v. 18). When we get a critical comment from a colleague, a snide remark from a family member, or a nasty reply from a stranger, we have a choice: to speak angry words that fuel the flames or gentle words that douse them.
May God help us to speak words that turn away wrath—and perhaps even help difficult people to change.
Lamb Sheridan Boise.
This is Our Daily Bread, entitled this devotional difficult people that I hope will bring some encouragement today.
Lucy Worsley is a British historian and TV presenter. Like most people in the public eye.
She sometimes receives nasty mail in her case over a mild speech impediment that makes a sound like W's one person wrote this Lucy.
I'll be blunt. Please try harder to correct your lazy speech will remove us from your scripts. I couldn't sit through your TV series because it made me so annoyed. Regards, Darren for some people and insensitive comment like this might trigger an equally rude reply, but here's how Lucy responded to Darren.
I think he views the anonymity of the Internet to say something, you probably wouldn't say to my face. Please reconsider your kind words Lucy Lucy's measured response worked. Darren apologized and vowed not to send anyone such an email again a gentle answer turns away Roth Proverbs 15 verse one says, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
While the hot tempered person stirs things up. The patient person calms him down when we get a critical comment from a colleague, snide remark from a family member or a nasty reply from a stranger. We have a choice to speak angry words that fueled the flames or gentle words that douse them. May God help us to speak words that turn away Roth and perhaps even help difficult people to change today's Scripture reading is from Proverbs 15 verses 1 to 7 in verse 18. Gentle answer turns away Roth but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes fully the eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good, the soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit of fool spoons, appearance, discipline as to whether he needs correction shows prudence the house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings ruin the lips of the widespread knowledge of the hearts of fools are not upright, hot tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient comes a quarrel. Let's pray. Loving God in these anxious polarized times. It's so easy to react to people who rub us up the wrong way would you give us the ability to respond 12 family and coworkers out neighbors. People in social media, or any difficult person. We come across today with patient, gentle words, we want to speak the kind of words that you would speak in Jesus name we ask this amen.
Today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread ministries
