Feeling Rejected by Bob Gass.
"..On the day you were born you were despised. Then I passed by and saw you..." Ezekiel 16: 5-6
When you've bee abused you not only carry with you the memories, but also anger over the fact that nobody stepped in to help you. Listen: "No one looked on you with pity...you were thrown out into the open field...
(Ez:16:5 NIV)
Private rejection is bad enough, but when it happens in public, you feel vulnerable and worthless. You think to yourself, "If they don't think I am worth anything, then maybe I am not." Wrong! Never allow somebody else's opinion of you to determine how you see yourself! Thats too much power to give to anybody. If others don't value your worth, that's their problem - unless you make it yours!
When people reject you, its because they don't have the ability to see inside you,or to hear the meaning behind your words, or to feel the quality of your touch. They've bought into a lie; make sure you do not buy into it also.
Until you learn to care for yourself, you wont be able to care properly for anybody else. You can only give to others out of the well of your own self esteem. Most physical abusers don't hate their families, they hate themselves. It just over flows to those nearest. Paul says "He who loves his wife loves himself" (Eph.5:28 NIV) But what if he dose'nt love himself?
"Whats the answer?" you ask. Listen "Then I passed by and saw you...."(EZ 16:6) God see's you. He loves you, and he has a wonderful plan for your life. When you can accept that, your healing has begun.
"..On the day you were born you were despised. Then I passed by and saw you..." Ezekiel 16: 5-6
When you've bee abused you not only carry with you the memories, but also anger over the fact that nobody stepped in to help you. Listen: "No one looked on you with pity...you were thrown out into the open field...
(Ez:16:5 NIV)
Private rejection is bad enough, but when it happens in public, you feel vulnerable and worthless. You think to yourself, "If they don't think I am worth anything, then maybe I am not." Wrong! Never allow somebody else's opinion of you to determine how you see yourself! Thats too much power to give to anybody. If others don't value your worth, that's their problem - unless you make it yours!
When people reject you, its because they don't have the ability to see inside you,or to hear the meaning behind your words, or to feel the quality of your touch. They've bought into a lie; make sure you do not buy into it also.
Until you learn to care for yourself, you wont be able to care properly for anybody else. You can only give to others out of the well of your own self esteem. Most physical abusers don't hate their families, they hate themselves. It just over flows to those nearest. Paul says "He who loves his wife loves himself" (Eph.5:28 NIV) But what if he dose'nt love himself?
"Whats the answer?" you ask. Listen "Then I passed by and saw you...."(EZ 16:6) God see's you. He loves you, and he has a wonderful plan for your life. When you can accept that, your healing has begun.
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