CAN I GIVE YOU A HAND

Very rarely do I ever have a day without encountering somebody who has a conflict with me.  It seems as though no matter what I do there is no way to please everybody.  As I mature in Christ I realize that it is okay if somebody doesn't like me for who I am.  It dosn't mean that I need to change anything about me to make them feel different towards me.  I encountered one gentleman who did not like me because I was too happy, he insisted that my happiness was fake.  I had no idea how to respond to the young man.  There would have been a time in my life when I would have thought to myself "am I really too happy?"  I'm sure you can probably think of somebody that you encounter on a daily basis who says that you are too      (insert your own word)      .  Let me assure you that whoever you are that is exactly who God designed you to be, and there is no need to change who you are to please anybody else.  There are people out there who are just absolutely miserable with their lives and want everybody else to be miserable with them.  Then there are some people who really love to get under your skin.  They spend their lives learning new ways at getting you mad and actually enjoy doing it.  The more angry they can get you to be the more they enjoy doing it.  No matter what type of people we encounter the bible states how we should treat everybody.   Galatians 6:9-10 NASB Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. (10) So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.  Notice the words "all people" in verse (10).  As Christians we have inside of us the life of Christ.  Our savior lives in us and is working through us His will.  We are reflections of Christ.  God is continually working in us His fruit.  The things that God wants in our lives He is continually working to produce in us.  So when God tells us to be good to all people it means what it says, and it can only happen through the strength that we have in Christ.  It does not matter what kind of people we encounter we are called to good to all of them.  Whether they are Christians, muslims, rich, poor, black or white, we are called to be good to all people.