Bullying(2 sections)
BULLYING
Aggressive bullying
There are two types of bullying that can happen in marriage, by either sex.
One is aggressive bullying, often a loud voice, too often with physical demonstrations,
either with physical attacks on the person,
or door-slamming, table-pounding, loud voice,
dish-throwing or other behavior, designed to intimidate.
Aggressive bullying is easy to spot and is a blemish on its practitioners.
The other is passive bullying, explained below.
BULLYING
Passive bullying...nagging.
Passive bullying is...nagging.
It is the intention to rule, without the power to overpower -
an attempt to claim an authority that may - or may not exist.
And it's not just women. Male employees can also be quite good at this.
You would know this after managing a work crew for a while.
They cannot be happy unless everything is done their way.
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A lot of people are like this with God. Here is an account of Paul, the Apostle was wrestling with some kind of medical issue, and he prayed for healing:
2 Corinthians 12:
Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited,
I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses,
so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
Sometimes God allows difficulties from Satan, to work God's greater purpose, as Paul stated.
Paul almost nagged God, but God shut him down. It's important that we not nag-pray.
Sometimes I get tired of saying the same old things to God everyday,
and instead, I just read a chapter of the Bible to Him as my prayer time.
See, I don't have a perfect balance on all of God's - stuff. But we keep pushing into Scripture.
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Hating the free will of others...
In the 'Self' section of this website, you can read about 'Free Will'.
This is important to read before reading this page on Bullying.
Bullying is despising the free will of others, which God gave them - even if they misuse it.
If they misuse their free will, God has a greater right to be offended that you do.
And what if your disagreement offends you but doesn't offend God?
This means that you are the one that is wrong.... OOOOPS!
When disagreeing with someone, make sure what offends you also offends God - otherwise you have no right to be offended, eh? And...if you have no right to be offended, then YOU are the person opposing God.
And even if you are right on a certain matter, make sure you never resent God for giving
the other person a free will. If you do - you might become an adversary of God.
Everyone has a right to a free will,
and everyone will answer to God for how they use their free will.
Does this mean that a person can live without consequences?
No, sometimes relationship adjustments have to be made - to keep ourselves safe and solvent.
My point is that we should never despise God's gift of free will -
that anyone else owes us their unqualified, involuntary allegiance.
