how many times have you thought one of the following:
"Why wasn't I chosen?"
"What does that person have that I don't?"
"Wasn't I _(insert positive quality here)_ enough for them?"
"did they even NOTICE me?"
"Why don't they like me?"
I don't know if it's just a part of being human, but it seems like a COMMON thread running through my life-quilt is the ugly color of "Rejection."
once again, whether it's a part of being human or if I am just PAINFULLY out of synch with Jesus(gosh, I love Him) and what He wants for my life, but I find that more often than not, I do not get what I want.
and there have been a LOT of things that I've wanted…
to be a leader…
and yet…from the elite (high school) choir that I didn't get into the first time I tried out, to the talent show that I didn't make the FIRST cut into, to the leadership positions that I've been passed up for more times that I care to relive, to the countless colleges I could never quite get into, to the boy who just didn't want to be with me, to the girl who for some reason, just DOES NOT LIKE ME….
I could expound on my particular stories of rejection, but you get the point…and I'm sure you've been through something similar.
Rejection can seem like it's one's lot in life.
and, oh, the lies attached to this.
"you're not enough."
"you're not qualified."
"you're defective."
"you're missing out."
"you're invisible."
"you're unlikeable."
"you're unloveable."
let me share ONE story with you. it's about the lie of rejection and how Jesus started to free me from it during this amazing experience called World Race Training Camp. I hope that it helps free someone out there from the same thing.
all you gotta do is read part 2...coming soon.
