Bullies

This is a bit of an unusual blog so please forgive but I think it's a very important topic and shouldn't be ignored.......  (reference http://humanresources.about.com/od/difficultpeople/qt/work_bully.htm)

Think you're working with or know someone who is sucking the life or color out of your life?

Do you regularly feel intimidated, dread to work with or be near a particular people? are you ever yelled at taken advantage of, lied to, insulted, put down?  Are you talked over at meetings, criticized by others, do they steal credit for your work?  If you answer yes to any these questions, chances are good that you’re one of 54 million Americans who have been attacked by a bully at work.

You know you’re working with a bully when the bully picks out your mistakes and constantly brings them up. Or worse, the bully gossips about you, tells lies to your coworkers, and even sabotages your work. If you dread going to work, you may have a bully coworker or boss. If your employer won’t help you, and a recent study says they often won’t, these are the actions to take to defeat the bully.

• 45% of Americans have not experienced or witnessed bullying, but 37% have been bullied; 12% have witnessed bullying.
• Bosses comprise 72% of bullies.
• More men (60%) are bullies, but women bullies target other women (71%).
• 62% of employers ignore the problem; 40% of employees targeted by a bully never tell their employer.
• 45% of people targeted by a bully experience stress-related health problems including debilitating anxiety, panic attacks, and clinical depression (39%).

The devil has people that he has working out there to destroy our joy, steal our happiness.  We must defeat him at all cost.   Stand strong.  Be who you are. Never compromise your beliefs to bend to these dervish ways.  God will be there to deal with this turn these types of problems over to him he will deal with the evil of the deception.   

Ephesians 6:11

 Put on the whole armour of God, 

that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.