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Zina Paul's avatar

Wow! So thought provoking…

Thank you

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Ruth Wood's avatar

Such great thoughts about rejection. I like how you frame it as an invitation into the sufferings of Jesus and also that it may pry our hands off what is not perhaps best for us in the long run! I really appreciate the depth of your thoughts, Hayley!

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Hayley DiMarco's avatar

thanks Ruth. It always means a lot to hear from you.

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Marida Trivalos's avatar

Thought provoking for sure. But when I’m rejected it’s s deep personal hurt and it’s hard to turn into an opportunity.

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Hayley DiMarco's avatar

I know exactly what you mean, and that's the problem, isn't it? We cling to our hurt as if that's the purpose behind the rejection, our destruction, all the while suffering more and more from the clinging. I suggest that turning rejection into an opportunity to identify with the suffering of Christ redeems the pain and gives us hope in the hurting. It might not remove it, but it does give us the ability to find value in it and to move from self-sabotage to self-empowerment as we attempt to see what God wants us to learn from the pain, rather than hiding in a corner licking our wounds, which is a very natural response to rejection. Looking to the suffering Christ can make pain more important than painful.

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