How to Deal With Insults

Have you recently been insulted? Are you struggling with the pain? Here are some suggestions on how to deal with insults.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Ignore the insult. Don't confuse this with pretending that the insult didn't hurt. But, if you ignore the insult, you render the offender powerless.

2. Deal with the insult. Was the insult hurtful? Allow yourself a certain frame of time to be upset. I give myself 24 hours to heal, and then I resolve to move on.

3. Empathize with the offender. Did you bake a cake for a dinner party and a guest spit it out on her plate? Do you need to tweak the recipe, or was the guest plain rude?

4. Consult the Bible. What does the Bible say about dealing with insults? My daughter's Precious Moments Children's Bible phrases it very nicely: "When someone does something bad to you, do not do the same thing to him. When someone talks about you, do not talk about him. Instead, pray that God will come to him. You were called to do this so you might receive good things from God"-1 Peter 3:9