Hate opposes speaking peacefully

I have decided that from now on I will make notes from all my readings, my bible's readings. It is amazing how this works. We think that is BS, but no! it is not. It helps us to focus and to notice things that we don't notice them if we only underline them. But, anyway.
I have been reading my bible from the beginning, so now I'm on Genesis 37 and 38. Guess what just jump out of the scriptures to me this morning: (Gn 37:4b) They hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.

Wow! I notice that, from times to times, there is always one person in our midst that it is too hard to get along with. Am I wrong? Most time we don't even know what it is about this person that we can't get along. And as it is written, they hated him --> they could not speak peacefully. Man! What now? You might say " I don't hate that person, I don't even have a reason to hate him/her." I tell you what, and even if you had the reason, you could not. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen 1 John 4:20. It says it all.

The only thing I suggest you do is: search in your heart what it is that bothers you so much about that person and spend some time talking to God, asking Him to help you to deal with that. For the love your own soul and the person's soul, and for the love, you claim to have in God, forgive this person for being that way. It might not be his/her fault. He or she might have been born that way.
Think about it, you might be the victim in the story. Maybe, there is one person that you know that cannot tolerate you. How do you feel about that? Are you going to leave? Change your name? Move out the city? I guess not. So, if you realize that there are one or more people that can't stand you, the only place you can go, is to God's presence. Be there, spend some time with Him, ask him, what can you do to make their lives a little bit better so you might gain them to Christ. So, they can see Christ in you.
Don't fall into the devil's trap, and go on blaming them.
Be a real Christian. Ask God how you can love that person.

Let's pray: Lord, I have been noticing that there are some people that I don't like very much, and I know there are people who don't like me either. Help me Lord to be a good Christian and show them grace and love. So they might turn to you, as I'm doing right now. In Jesus name, Amen.

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