The Stories I Hear

You know there has been gossip when a family member takes pictures of you and your spouse separately and only post your spouse's pictures and not yours. LOL

I hear these kind of stories all the time from those who have been rejected by family members. Sadly the one rejected doesn't know why they have been rejected or ignored, but they do know how much it hurts.

When I question those who have experienced this I always have to ask, "is this person who rejected you considered a part of the "in crowd"? Do they dress like the world, play a lot, hangout in all the right venues and have friends who also are involved in all the acceptable events and activities?

Almost all of the time the answer comes back, yes, those who reject them are what I might call "the clique." These are the same kind of people who were the popular ones in high school.

Since many of us never fit into the clique we will not be considered valuable enough to be included. In fact, we are down right embarrassing to the clique, since we don't fall into all the latest fads, we don't dress like the world and we don't even think the same way.

As a believer in Christ do you find yourself disagreeing with much of what others are saying and doing? This is an indicator that you think on your own, outside of the box. When others are cooing over the need for self esteem and self exaltation, you are speaking Bibleeze. You are speaking things from the word while those who reject us are holding fast to the worldly ideas and unbiblical concepts.

I am here to encourage you!! When we are rejected by family members, treated as insignificant or strange, remember that Christ was too and all of his followers. One day we will see the love we missed on this earth turned into an eternity of nothing but love and kindness never ending.

We can be grateful that the Lord has given us social media where we can meet one another, sharing our life experiences and God's answers to them.

If you find yourself being treated with contempt and left out often, remember that the reason is not that there is something wrong with us, but that something is terribly wrong with the world. The world will love its own, they do not love those who love Christ.

John 15:18-20 "18 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. 19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. 20 Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.…"

Be encouraged rejected brothers and sisters God is on our side and will never leave us.