It's Time to Divorce Rejection!ናሙና

OUR ETERNAL LIFELINE SHOWED US HOW TO HANDLE REJECTION

For anyone who has ever felt rejection, this verse out of Psalm 118 should minister to your spirit.

“The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.’" Ps. 118:22

In 1 Kings 7:9, we learn that the stones used were costly and were hand hewed and sawed. Stones that didn’t meet the perfect measurements or that were flawed, were rejected. The Psalmist used this as an illustration that Jesus was rejected, and HE is the main cornerstone of our foundation. Architecturally speaking, the cornerstone is traditionally the first stone laid for a structure.

It is important for us to realize that the main cornerstone that was rejected was Jesus! Yet He is our eternal lifeline! We cannot allow the abuse of words to destroy us, as God has a plan for everyone!

It is time to divorce rejection from our lives.

We are unique and wonderfully made! No two people in the universe have the same thumbprint! How much more unique do we need to be to realize that God made us special?

I will admit that I carried the abuse from my elementary school days into high school. It always lingered in my subconscious that I wasn’t good enough. Gossip still happened, but for the most part the bullying stopped. I got to the point that it was just easier to have one friend, than to try to be accepted by the groups or little cliques.

The adage that kids used to chant, ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,’is one of the biggest cop outs ever used. The person on the receiving end of verbal abuse would say it to make the perpetrator think they weren’t getting to them, but truth is, words do hurt!

CAN YOU RELATE?

If you are a victim of verbal abuse, please realize that our minds are one of the most powerful tools we have. God invented the first computer, and it was the human brain! What we allow to go into our brains, if we dwell on it, is received into our hearts. We can retrain the way we receive things to benefit us, not destroy us.