There was one time when I was a teen when I heard a ruckus downstairs, assuming one of my relatives was doing their typical pattern of abuse. Murder was in my heart.
Well, you just put my life in a nutshell. This makes total sense. The first list of rejecting people showed I had many of those points, but the rejection of God is done! Fini! Reading His word helped me to learn how to accept my heavenly Father even if I still have a tendency to "want to" reject people on earth.
I FELT REJECTED AS A CHILD, TOO. IN MY LATE TEENS, EVEN MY MOTHER REJECTED ME FOR STANDING UP FOR HER WHEN MY FATHER WAS HATEFUL TO HER. I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND LIFE AT ALL.. THEN AT 28. I CRIED TO MY MOTHER THAT I WAS NOTHING BUT A SCREW UP. SHE LAUGHED AND SAID I WAS JUST LISTENING TO THE NAYSAYERS AND IGNORING ALL OF THOSE WHO REALLY LIKED AND RESPECTED ME...IT WAS LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE BECAUSE ALL I COULD THINK WAS, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT? SHE RECOMMENDED I START LOOKING AT ALL MY SUCCESSES IN STEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE COMPLAINTS OF OTHERS. WOW..I BEGAN TO CHANGE.. SLOWLY AT FIRST GRADUALLY PICKING UP SPEED. TODAY, 50 YRS LATER, I AM PROUD OF WHO I AM...
Elizabeth, thank you for sharing a part of your story. If you have posted your journey - I would love to read it. I am sorry you had to go through similar experiences. However, our past rejections make us who we are today. Our stories open the hearts of others to reveal their private journeys. I think that is why the Bible is filled with "testaments." I appreciate you, Elizabeth, a lot.
Well, you just put my life in a nutshell. This makes total sense. The first list of rejecting people showed I had many of those points, but the rejection of God is done! Fini! Reading His word helped me to learn how to accept my heavenly Father even if I still have a tendency to "want to" reject people on earth.
Maybe we are two nuts in the same shell. LOL Rennae, nothing is sweeter than knowing the acceptance and love of the Father.
I FELT REJECTED AS A CHILD, TOO. IN MY LATE TEENS, EVEN MY MOTHER REJECTED ME FOR STANDING UP FOR HER WHEN MY FATHER WAS HATEFUL TO HER. I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND LIFE AT ALL.. THEN AT 28. I CRIED TO MY MOTHER THAT I WAS NOTHING BUT A SCREW UP. SHE LAUGHED AND SAID I WAS JUST LISTENING TO THE NAYSAYERS AND IGNORING ALL OF THOSE WHO REALLY LIKED AND RESPECTED ME...IT WAS LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE BECAUSE ALL I COULD THINK WAS, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT? SHE RECOMMENDED I START LOOKING AT ALL MY SUCCESSES IN STEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE COMPLAINTS OF OTHERS. WOW..I BEGAN TO CHANGE.. SLOWLY AT FIRST GRADUALLY PICKING UP SPEED. TODAY, 50 YRS LATER, I AM PROUD OF WHO I AM...
Elizabeth, thank you for sharing a part of your story. If you have posted your journey - I would love to read it. I am sorry you had to go through similar experiences. However, our past rejections make us who we are today. Our stories open the hearts of others to reveal their private journeys. I think that is why the Bible is filled with "testaments." I appreciate you, Elizabeth, a lot.