{"id":21738,"date":"2023-02-18T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T08:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/?p=21738"},"modified":"2023-02-17T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T00:37:43","slug":"inappropriate-personal-behavior-gets-you-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/inappropriate-personal-behavior-gets-you-nowhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Inappropriate Personal Behavior Gets You Nowhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Inappropriate Personal Behavior Gets You Nowhere.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-474\" src=\"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio.jpg 375w, https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio-300x86.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Proverbs 22 : 24-25<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>NKJV:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>(24) <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cMake no friendship with an angry man,<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>And with a furious man do not go,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><\/b><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">(25) \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Lest you learn his ways,<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>And set snare for your soul.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">We have all been around angry, upset, and most negative people.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They are almost everywhere you go today.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Emotionally out-of-control people are very difficult to deal or reason with.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They never allow you to interject your point of view before, during, or after they have unloaded their negative thoughts and position onto you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Let\u2019s just face it,&#8230;angry and badly behaved human beings are just most difficult to be around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On the other hand a \u201ccool-hand-Luke\u201d type of person is always calm, cool, collected, and most enjoyable to be with or associate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Human beings were designed to need each other\u2019s company.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They are always at their best when actively engaged with one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Every time you are in close proximity with an angry person you are in a potentially dangerous situation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>When ever other people are disrespectful or unkind to you,&#8230;you may be tempted to strike back, either verbally or in some other way.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If you find yourself in this type position, you should resist that temptation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>No one ever wins over another person to their own way of thinking with angry arguments or demanding vile language.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Instead, I would urge you to remember that God corrects other people\u2019s behavior in His own way, and He doesn\u2019t need your help,&#8230;even if you\u2019re totally convinced that He does.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">So, whenever other people behave cruelly, foolishly, or impulsively&#8211;as they will from time to time&#8211;don\u2019t respond in kind.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Instead, speak up for yourself as politely as you can,&#8230;and walk away from the confrontation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Then, forgive everybody as quickly as you can and leave the rest up to God.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>You are not to be another person\u2019s judge and jury.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>You are not to return a wrong with a bigger or another wrong.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>God\u2019s Golden Rule should always be the basis of all your interactions with other people.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>Do Unto Others As Ye Would Have Them Do Unto You&#8230;<\/b>These words<b> <\/b>should be the very foundation of all your personal behavior.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Let your own light shine, just as God has given it to you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Allow you own personal example&#8230; not your words&#8230;do your talking for you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>Your<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>personal example is always on display.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b> You see, friends, an individual simply cannot argue with another person who will not respond to an argumentative outburst.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Remember, you were not designed by your Creator to behave badly, argue with others, or be disrespectful to your fellow humans.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Positive, gentle, kind, courteous, soft-spoken, and respectful of all other people are the character traits that best describe a good and godly person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Evangelist and Pastor, Billy Graham once remarked, <b>\u201cA keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b> These are the very best suggestions and words of personal counsel that could ever be given regarding how best to handle other men or women who behave wrongly or badly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Professional golfer, Billy Casper said, \u201cThe only thing that can get in the way of a golfer\u2019s success is the golfer himself.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I would further submit to you that such great advice and counsel would equally apply to all other areas of your own life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Do not<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>sabotage yourself.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Stay in total control of your own thoughts, emotions, words, and actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Have a plan \u201cin play\u201d all of the time as relates to your own personal success.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Know what you are doing, do it as best as you are able, and stay steady at completing the job for as long as it takes,&#8230;until the job is done.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Professional golfer, Meg Mallon, gives sound advice that everyone, including non-golfers would do well to heed.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She said, \u201cCourse management is the key to golf.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Somewhere along the way, you must figure out how to get the ball into the hole in the fewest shots possible.\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you will but simply think through what Ms. Mallon said, I believe you will quickly come to understand that wrong personal behavior, speech, actions, and loss of emotional control simply have no place in the lives of people who plan to or who are winning at the game of life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is incumbent upon you, the individual, to always be in total control of your own emotions so as to always keep you in control of the other areas of your physical and mental life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Professional golfer, Tom Watson, put it all into proper perspective from which we can all learn,&#8230;when he made a statement that not only applies to the game of golf, but also to every one of your own other thoughts and actions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He said, \u201cEvery shot has its own risk\/reward factor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Permit me to share with you a closing tip concerning the game of life:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Don\u2019t allow yourself to become caught up in another person\u2019s emotional outbursts.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If someone is ranting, raving, or worse,&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>you always have the right to get up and leave.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Let\u2019s close this discussion with some sound holy advice from the Word of God.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is written in the <b>Book of James, Chapter 3, verse 17,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>MSG:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>(17) <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cReal wisdom, God\u2019s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>characterized by getting along with others.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is gentle and<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>one day and cold the next, not two-faced.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>God\u2019s Greatest Blessings to All of You&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proverbs 22 : 24-25\u00a0 NKJV: (24) \u00a0 \u201cMake no friendship with an angry man, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And with a furious man do not go,\u00a0 (25) \u00a0 \u00a0Lest you learn his ways, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/inappropriate-personal-behavior-gets-you-nowhere\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-believers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21738"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21742,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21738\/revisions\/21742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}