Often people respond to rejection with the fight or flight response. Sometimes they fight within their own mind, with their own emotions, saying that the rejection felt by others isn't really all that important, when really it is very important to them. Other times they fight with other people, trying to prove that they will not be rejected. And still other times they flee from the places and people that disappointed them.
But as a church, I think we are invited to tell a new narrative when it comes to rejection. We know that yes, people will still disappoint you, because that is part of being human, but we have a God who does not leave us nor forsake us. A God who does not reject us, but rather journeys besides us, even when others reject us. A Savior who knew what rejection felt like first hand, but did not make that the end of the story.
As a church, we are called to go into places where brokenness seems to prevail and proclaim that it will not have the final word. Where are you called to go and what story will you tell?
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