The goal of the arrogant narcissist is to create conflict so that you will respond badly allowing them the feeling that you deserved what they did because now you are just like them.
This is why God said not to "return evil for evil", and "bless those who curse you", this does not mean we remain friends with those who are rude and mean regularly, it just means when we must be in company with those who are hell-bent on causing trouble we "do not answer a fool according to their folly" and we rejoice when they leave our presence.
We can pray for them if we desire but are not obligated to remain friends with them.
We become stronger emotionally and Spiritually when we choose a higher path than those who make it the goal to ruin our soul.
When we do nothing in response to a troublemaker, know that God will have our back and He knows best what is His purpose in His timing. It is not weakness that does nothing, but strength.
Those who act maliciously set themselves on a self-destructive path that will be their punishment. We need not punish those who are unruly, God will take care of it better than we ever could.
The less we worry about who likes us or what is done to us the stronger we become, knowing that God knows every single thing even the heart of the evil rabble-rouser.
There are entire family structures that are adept at gossip and mischief-making, who thrive on drama to cause agitation in those they are jealous of or who do not fit into their family mold.
Those who can walk the narrow path without the need for validation of other family members will be treated with contempt merely for not being "one of them." All born-again believers experience this to some degree, they understand the scriptures that say:
Luke 21:15-17 "…15 For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. 16 You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death. 17 And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.…"
This passage was written to the apostles but it was for us because mankind has not changed since the beginning of the world.
What a blessing to have the scriptures that make the end times events and human nature so vivid that we can walk uprightly through knowing the tactics of the devil and that he uses people to come against believers.
1 John 4:4
"4 You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world."
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