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Faith Over Drama

We all face moments where others treat us unfairly, and how we respond can make all the difference. Has anyone ever yelled at you or taken something out on you that wasn’t your fault?


How did you deal with it?


For me, it happened in the workplace. I work in Human Resources, and another manager felt that I was not respecting her role as the head of her department. In reality, I was simply working with another person within her department (something I've been doing for years with no issues). But I guess she felt that, as the new manager, certain information should now be funneled through her. And she felt the need to call and yell at me about it. After a few days had passed, she ran into another co-worker of mine and apologized—but only through him, not directly to me.


People are funny, aren't they?


Fast forward to now. I was asked to be the lead recruiter for a position she needed to fill within her department (an email was sent to me while I was on vacation).


There was no way in the world I was doing that.


My first instinct was to go to my manager and ask her to assign someone else, because I didn’t want to deal with her. But something stopped me. What was I doing? God had equipped me with everything I needed to get through this. I realized I could do this. I just had to be the bigger person. She had the issue, not me. I could handle this with professionalism.


The first thing I did was pray.

I scheduled the day and time for the interviews, secured a room, and had all the applications and resumes printed. The interviews went off without a hitch. We were able to discuss the position and the candidates without any problems. She even thanked me for organizing everything so well. Now, we speak to each other all the time as if nothing happened. The lack of a direct apology doesn’t seem as big of an issue anymore.


Rejection can affect your faith in God.


I could have handled this situation completely differently. I could have gone to my manager and told her I wasn’t going to work with this person and to assign someone else. But that would have only made the situation worse, kept me frustrated, and created unnecessary work trying to avoid her.


When I prayed about the situation, I had to put my faith in God, trusting that He would handle things. Even though I felt rejected because she wouldn’t apologize to me directly, I had to show kindness and demonstrate that her immaturity didn’t faze me.


Kindness can kill the feelings of rejection.


Regardless of how people treat you, what they say to you, or how they view you, treat them with kindness. Don’t give them a platform. I believe she was expecting some kind of animosity from me, but when she didn’t get that, she didn’t know what to do.


But God!


Ladies, not everything has to be confronted. Use wisdom when choosing your battles, and make sure God is at the center of everything you do. I had to have faith in God, and not only did He fix it, but I also learned a lot from Him. Now I’m a bigger and better person because of Him. Looking back, I see how God used this challenge to teach me patience, humility, and the power of forgiveness.


What would happen if we chose kindness and faith over retaliation and bitterness?


Let’s trust God’s plan and keep walking forward.


Trust the process and keep the faith.


Blessings,

Y.


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