I am beginning to see how horrid people can get... and it is difficult to hold back when you feel like you are being attacked for no just cause.

Proverbs 19:11
"The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,
and his glory is to overlook a transgression."

Slow to anger
over the years i have struggled hard with resisting the urge to justify myself when i am told that i have done wrong. but as the Lord teaches me i am learning... to let my first response always be prayer, followed by reflection and self-examination, of admission of the areas in which i have done wrong, and, as Proverbs 19:11 says, to be slow to anger.

Glory
this verse tells us that it is YOUR GLORY if you are able to overlook a transgression. this is by far the most difficult thing to ever understand. if someone does something against you, it would be most satisfying to retaliate and see that person suffer the due punishment for his or her misdeeds. but this verse encourages as to overlook transgressions, not retaliate in kind.

as i think about the Lord Jesus, He was the perfect example of One who overlooked millions of transgressions that were committed against him. and yet, He kept silent despite His oppression and affliction. He demonstrated such great love and grace in the face of those that hated Him without cause, persecuted Him endlessly, and finally condemned Him to death on the cross.

when i look at it from this point of view, it becomes easier to practise what is said in Colossians 4:6
"let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may be able to answer each one."

praying for much strength and grace... :)