When It’s Hard NOT to Be Mean

HPUMC - Sanctuary Sermons (Traditional Worship)

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Do you ever have to deal with mean people? Of course you do, and it's really hard! As people of faith, how are we supposed to respond to the mean people we encounter? Do we return mean with mean? After all, "getting even" sounds really nice. And surely we shouldn't just tolerate meanness. That doesn't seem helpful at all either. So what do we do?

In 1 Samuel 25, David finds himself in this exact situation, and he is tempted to get even until a wise woman intervenes to advocate for peace. This week, we'll look at David’s story and gain perspective about making peace with the difficult people in our lives.