Handling Rejection I

Wisdom Nugget: "He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him"

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"Gilead's wife had several sons. When they grew up, they did not like Jephthah. They forced Jephthah to leave his hometown. They said to him,"You will not get any of our father's property, because you are the son of another woman."So Jephthah went away because of his brothers..."

Rejection has a way of destroying a person's life in a way that few other things can, because it attacks the very person that we are. It destroys our self-esteem, and attacks who we are and our purpose in life. The sad fact is that the number of people who are affected by rejection is staggering. If we want to be all that we have been created to be, then overcoming rejection and its effects is vital and absolutely essential.

The word "rejection" was first used in 1415; the original meaning was "to throw" or "to throw back". There's hardly anyone who hasn't been fraught with the issue of rejection. None.

"He came to the world that was his own. And his own people did not accept him". Moments of rejection are  very delicate periods in everyone's life. Bo Bennett, a businessman and author says, "A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success." At such times as this the usual feeling is to sulk, feel pity for oneself and wish the world to end and at such times it's highly required to avoid the company of people who are going through the same situation as you and having the same feelings as you, because it is usually very easy at such times to find them almost everywhere you turn. Instead it's divine wisdom to look for those who will uplift your spirit with encouraging words - to pull you out of the pit. As Rush Limbaugh, radio talk show host puts it when he said "It's too easy to find people who've failed and are embittered. The best thing you can do is hang around people who've succeeded and are happy doing what you want to do and learn from them."

We might not at all be able to eliminate rejection in our daily lives because sometimes it's a necessary tool to sharpen our rough edges in preparation for a more glorious life ahead of us. If only we can choose to see the blessings disguised in some of those ugly packaging called rejection, we'd realize at the end of the day that "it wasn't really a bad experience after all". Augie, from SelflessMinds.com quipped "Rejection is fun when you can learn from it and grow as a wiser person." Norman Vincent Peale adds that "Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm."
Beloved, be consoled by the fact that "rejection" is only going to last awhile; it's a "going through" not a "staying in". We are told "...The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us."  "...and remember! I will be with you always, yes, even until the end...")

Let us close with this quote by Winston Churchill "If you're going through hell, keep going."