All of you should be ... loving and humble, and do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult, but instead, you should bless (1Peter 3:8,9)
How do we react to attacking criticism? If that criticism makes us reply to our critics with anger, then we need to learn from a preacher in the colonial era named Jonathan Edwards (1703 -1758).
Edwards, regarded by scholars as an insightful philosopher, was attacked by church officials in Northampton, Massachusetts, with a vengeance. They felt Edwards was guilty of teaching that one must be born again before partaking of the Lord's Supper.
Despite being fired from the church, Edwards never stopped loving and forgiving. One of the members of the congregation who gave him support, wrote about him, "I never saw the slightest sign of displeasure in his face ... he always appeared as a messenger of God, whose joy radiated and reached his enemies."
Edwards only imitated the example of the Lord Jesus. When the Savior was insulted, He did not insult back. When He was accused of wrongdoing, He remained silent, “like a lamb that is silent before the shearers, and did not open her mouth” (Isaiah 53:7).
Can you still have peace of mind, even when you are criticized? If you ask for the help of the Holy Spirit, then as Edwards did, you will be able to respond in the same way Christ responded to false accusations or gossip --VCG
THE WORST CRITICISM FOR YOU CAN REVEAL THE BEST THINGS IN YOU
* Take from Daily Reflections