Almost all of us have experienced rejection at one time or another.  Rejection is a common experience, that can cause permanent spiritual wounds, and is at the root of many problems.  Rejection may have been relatively minor, or so devastating that it affected your whole life and all your relationships.  Common ways we can experience rejection are….

• not chosen to play on a school sports team
• wearing hand-me-down clothes
• first boyfriend failed to show up for an important date and never gave you a reason
• not accepted at the college of your choice
• laid off from your job for no good reason

Far worse is the pain of…

• never feeling love from your father
• your mother not wanting you (even right from the womb)
• broken engagement / jilted at the altar
• marriage ending in divorce
• child abuse
• betrayal
• a physical defect
• racial or other prejudice
• never living up to the unrealistic expectations of your mother or father
• and more

Rejection is simply defined as = “the sense of being unwanted”.

• You desire people to love you, and yet you believe that they don’t love you
• You want to be part of a group, but you feel excluded
• Somehow you’re always on the outside looking in
• You feel insecure and inferior around authority figures

These experiences leave permanent wounds, whether we’re aware of them or not.  This used to be the story of my life, right up until I was about 28 years of age.

But I have Good News for you!

God can deliver you from the wounds of rejection, help you to accept yourself and enable you to show His love to others. 

After a childhood full of rejection (physical, sexual and emotional abuse) and not knowing what love was, it was a huge shock to my system to be swept off my feet by my boyfriend (now husband of 39 years) who truly loved me for me, was the kindest, most generous man who valued me, was incredibly patient with me, showered me with blessings and treated me like a princess.  God brought me the absolute best. Is it any wonder I fell head over heels in love with him?  I hadn’t known what love was. My empty soul just drank it up. To illustrate this, I can remember vividly as a young girl the day my Grandma introduced me to someone and called me “dear”. I had never been called such an endearing name before; it was so impacting that it has stuck with me to this day.  Even though my husband loved me and showed me constantly how much he loved me, I still couldn’t love myself, or think I was worthy of his love.  But I was certainly beginning to blossom under the power of that love.  Four years after marriage we came to know Jesus Christ and that was when God’s love invaded our life!  Now we REALLY knew what love was!!  From that time on I began to be set free from the stranglehold of that rejection, as I surrendered to the power of His love, got to know and trust Him and His nature, along with discovering who I am in Him.

Without wanting to simplify it too much because of lack of space here, I just want to assure you………you too can experience that same freedom from the debilitating bondage of rejection. He will never leave you or forsake (reject) you!  No one is beyond the power of His love.  He will literally love you to life and wholeness!