Rudeness is hurtful. It is demeaning, disrespectful, pushy, disloyal, unbecoming, and even blasphemous when it descends into profanity.
- Ke uoi kedelbuu!
- Ak meral merur er kau.
- Bomluk a ngerem. Ngera ke medengei.
- Ngera me ke kmal mesengaked!
- Ar sechal a sorir ar meliliut el dil.
- Ke chebuul el diak mua delam el ungil dil.
- Ngarker a demam? Engak a meral chormang.
Sometimes, rude people don’t need to say a word. They just look at you, as if you’re disgusting, or something rotting.
They look at you like you reek of failure.
So, they go find something to help them forget.
Drugs do that. Addiction makes you feel warm, for a moment. But it doesn’t heal.
Rudeness is ugly.
Someone once wrote:
“I see rudeness as lack of self-regulation. At times we might get overpowered by emotions which may make it very difficult to keep composure, but being rude would not make the situation any better. There’s a saying ‘let not your tongue cut your throat’ so speak mindfully. However good-looking one may be, to make people feel good about you, displaying a balanced personality is equally important. Nobody likes offensive people; one may be excused in some situations but you can’t fool all the people all the time. So be polite and make the world livable. Or if you like being rude, just imagine the world full of people like you and transform for the better.”
Kindness is not just being “nice.”
It’s not performance.
It’s not just politeness.
It’s much deeper than that.
Kindness is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. It reflects the moral and ethical qualities that make someone truly beautiful. It reveals character. It reveals God.
But you can’t give what you don’t have.
That’s why I’ve been stressing the need to forgive those rude, unruly souls who made you feel less than human. They’re hurting. They’re projecting.
We forgive them, not for their sake, but for ours. Because often, they don’t care.
Proverbs 18:21 says:
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
Our words can heal, or they can destroy. They can breathe life or bring death. King Solomon emphasizes that our speech has the capacity to bring about positive or negative consequences, similar to choosing between life and death.
So…
Choose life.