Being mean can feel good.
What!?! How can you say that? It’s the opposite of what the Bible teaches.
We can’t argue with that, but the Bible also teaches us that doing bad things feels good . . . for a time. Then the slide into the gutter starts, and it’s downhill all the way from there.
Still, being mean feels good when someone has it coming.
Like, the office coworker that steals our ideas and gets the pay raise.
Or the neighbor that dumps their grass clippings in our yard.
Or our brother that buys a new truck using our credit line without telling us and then doesn’t bother making the payments.
Here’s what you must understand: Just because it feels good doesn’t mean it’s the best way to handle the situation.
Proverbs 25:21-22 gives us a better way:
“If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.”
We need to turn up the nice volume. Show our love, shout out a greeting, treat them like the good friend they haven’t been to us.
Yeah, you’re getting this. Be nice like you’ve never been nice before.
Greet your coworker each morning with a smile.
Offer to use your leaf blower to clear your neighbor’s drive.
Your brother. This is a bigger issue, but he is still your brother. Remind him you love him, just not what he’s done.
Here’s the change that might catch you by surprise: you. Because you treat them well, you’ll empower a relationship that might even turn out to be a positive one.
Give it a try. Turn up your nice volume and see what God can do for you.
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