The Rude Tongue!

What has made people of the world today so rude?

Is it the overbooked schedules, longer commuting times, demanding bosses, spoiled children, and the stress of  the daily living? Perhaps our lack of patience can be attributed to the modern conveniences that allow us to do almost everything in mere seconds. Showing patience is a rare occurrence, Ill-mannered, discourteous communication has become the standard practice--even amongst God's children. Being rude to others is very denigrating to them & can spoil a person's entire day. Whatever happened to the Golden Rule? "Do unto others as you would have them do to you?"

~ Luke 6:31

Most of the time we don't even have time to think about others! We are totally absorbed with our own agendas. Many of us can be counted among cell phone users who parade around public places talking at the top of their voices as if no one else is present. Cell phone users seem to be totally oblivious to their annoying and offensive social behavior.

Shouldn't our love for God and the desire to represent him well here on earth have an impact on our day to day behavior? Love is patient, love is kind, love is not rude and love doesn't demand it's own way... I Corinthians 13:4-5

No when someone is rude to you, should you just let it go? Is it biblical to address the situation or should we just grin and bear it? While God has not called us to be wimpy people who will always roll over and accept rude behavior and we must confront rudeness in a direct but non offensive manner. It's a great idea to let the individual know you're aware of his/her lack of graciousness at the moment. People will continue their rudeness as long as they're allowed to get away with it. Remember don't allow people to suck you into If the vacuum of their negativity by matching their rudeness with rudeness.

There is never justification for being rude. If you find you tend to speak rudely to others, repent and recommit to following the "Golden Rule!"

Know that when you are rude, you have made a very selfish & ungodly decision that your needs or concerns are paramount to all others.

God's people are patient, considerate and kind. Remember this when you encounter a foolish, loud mouth, mean spirited and spiteful heathen whose actions beg you to respond in an ungodly way!

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