Critics

 "Love your enemies. Bless those who persecute you." Love those who are overly critical of you. This is NEVER easy. My biggest annoyance in life is when people want to tell you that you are not doing a good job but they don't want to do your job. That is when I tend to throw in the towel and say, "Ok it is now your turn. If you say I'm not doing it right, then it is your turn to do it. Let's all see if you do a better job." And maybe they will do a better job. Then you will be humbled. Or maybe they will flounder and then they get the punishment that they greatly deserve. You can only hope it will teach them to stop being so critical. People are critical because they are jealous or they have an evil spirit, or many evil spirits. That is why Jesus said to pray for your enemies. Do you know how many evil spirits they probably have lurking inside their mind? And they might not even realize it. Crazy people don't know they are crazy. That is why they stay crazy.  Hand them over to God for a season. Let God take care of their demons. Shake the dust off your feet if anyone refuses to respect you. If they constantly come against you, pray for them, but also, let them go for a season. Let God deal with them. Let go and let God.