Rejection
& the Christian
Being Rejected
to love - or not to love
What's
worse - loosing the partner you love or loosing a million pounds?
You can't concentrate, - you're not interested in anyone else, you
can't eat, - and all this even though you knew it would never work!
Well, such is the bonding that occurs between us men and women and
I guess it's the reason why God wants us to make a good chioce in
who we marry!
It's tempting after an experience like this to feel like never loving
again. But before you take this drastic measure take a little look
at this peice of wisdom . . .
to
love
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love
anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly
broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must
give your heart to no one. Not even an animal. Wrap it carefully
with hobbies and luxuries, avoid all entaglements and keep it
safe in the casket of your slfishness. But in the casket - safe,
dark, motionless, airless - it will change. It will become unbreakable,
impenetrable, irredeemable". C.S
Lewis The Four Loves
rejection
by others
Thankfully
Jesus new all about rejection! He was "despised and rejected
by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering."
(Isaiah 53:3, NIV).
In fact there would be little or no point in believeing in a creator
or saviour that wasn't familiar with our suffereings. There is
a deep mystery in suffering and rejection that actually teaches
us about the meaning and value of love. For it is only when rejected
that we are forced to re-think and question our values and beliefs.
 what
the bible says
We
reject God when we refuse His offer of salvation. Matthew 21:42,
NIV. "Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures,
the stone the builders rejected has become the capstone"
Anyone who rejects God is a fool., Psalm 14:1, TLB. "That man
is a fool who says to himself, "There is no God! Anyone who
talks like that is warped and evil and cannot really be a good
person at all."
rejection - the Bible @ christian
advice.net 2001
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