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A Morning View Near the Wood Stove

Have you looked forward to a major event in your life with such great excitement and anticipation knowing it was going to happen only to be told no? There was no way in your heart that no was going to be the answer and yet it happened. What do you do? How do you handle it? Where do you go from here? 

There are a lot of questions in the midst of a lot of pain. Perhaps you see yourself as a failure. Maybe you blame the system or people who rejected you. Your feelings may take you to a place of extremes where you blame everyone else without self reflection or you find yourself in the extreme that you are absolutely worthless? It is difficult to hear the words no, not now or someone else was more qualified. Like you were good, but just not good enough. 

Rejection is difficult. I remember many instances where I thought I was the best person for the situation in the moment and really I was not. Then there were situations where I was the right person for something better that I did not see coming down the road. 

First, Jesus understands. "He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
    he was despised, and we held him in low esteem." - Isaiah 53:3

Second, the Apostle Paul shares the goodness of God in us as we can overcome rejection. "I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength." - Philippians 4:12-13

Lastly, I encourage you to persevere in the moment. Get tight with the Spirit of God and seek God, follow God and life will happen in God's way. "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." - Matthew 6:33

Peace,
PB

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