God has a plan for us because we are Beautiful

Part 2 of the series Vampire: How to deal with difficult people Bro. Jon Escoto, Laguna Feast Builder, emphasized that during the time of Jesus, He was insulted, being criticized and people were demanding a lot from Him, He never mustered a word against them but rather just accepted everything that was thrown at Him. This is how Jesus protected himself from difficult people.

 “Ano ang pagkakaiba natin kay Hesus?” asks Bro. Jon in which he calmly answered “Hindi  tayo ang tagapagligtas ng mundo”

But what we can do as individual is learn from the experiences that Jesus had so that we can protect ourselves from all the criticizing, demanding and doubting people.

Just like Jesus, he mentioned that we as individual gets punished be it emotionally, physically or psychologically but adds that it is up to us on how we deal with such.

Do we simply tolerate the people who abuses and punish us in order to get the benefits that we wanted?

Bro. Jon suggested things that we can do when faced with such adversity and when dealing with such person

Walkout if it does not give life to you - in here he mentioned that walking out means decreasing our interaction time with the person causing us pain and punishment

Wear an Emotional Helmet and Helmet of Truth - this strategy are for instances wherein walking out is not applicable or when walking out is difficult.

 “Unless you’re free from difficult people you can’t love them genuinely”

Pray to ask for grace and guidance adds him.

According to Bro. Jon surround yourself with armor of friends who will remind us about the truth and would serve as wise counsel.

We get drained not because we spent so much energy but rather we receive love less quips Bro. Jon.

“Surround yourself with trusted friends who are after your welfare”

But what exactly do we need to learn from Jesus’ ways when He was facing adversities?  “Pray” is what Bro. Jon tells us.

“Pray to God for the person who hurt and persecute us”

We do this in order for them to get to know God more the way that we do.

As a parting message Bro. Jon said that even if vampires belittle and persecute us, he tells us to not believe them since our value as a human being is not in any way diminished.

“Always remember that God has a plan for us, because you are beautiful”