Comments on: Lifting the Veil of Rejection http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:58:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Sam http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27943 Sam Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:55:06 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27943 This post resonates in my heart. We have all undergone rejection of some sort, some of us can just brush it off and others, like you and me, think deeply about why we have 'failed' and yet your daughter said it all "I know God loves everybody" and so we are indeed worthy. This post resonates in my heart. We have all undergone rejection of some sort, some of us can just brush it off and others, like you and me, think deeply about why we have ‘failed’ and yet your daughter said it all “I know God loves everybody” and so we are indeed worthy.

]]> By: Mari http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27945 Mari Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:37:41 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27945 Well done, good and faithful servant! Well done, good and faithful servant!

]]> By: Sarah@Life in the Parsonage http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27946 Sarah@Life in the Parsonage Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:18:57 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27946 Beautifully put, Angela. We are not meant to please everyone all the time. Just looking at Jesus' life shows how he pleased very few, according to their standards. The only one we are meant to please fully, is Him. You and your writing are striving to do that. Praying that the hard journey soon shows itself exceeding fruitful, and the thoughts/opinions of other imperfect people would scarecly compare to those of your Savior! Thanks so much for sharing this! Beautifully put, Angela.

We are not meant to please everyone all the time. Just looking at Jesus’ life shows how he pleased very few, according to their standards. The only one we are meant to please fully, is Him. You and your writing are striving to do that.

Praying that the hard journey soon shows itself exceeding fruitful, and the thoughts/opinions of other imperfect people would scarecly compare to those of your Savior!

Thanks so much for sharing this!

]]> By: Lynn http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27947 Lynn Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:56:47 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27947 This post really resonated with me. Thank you for sharing your heart. This post really resonated with me. Thank you for sharing your heart.

]]> By: Donna Kay http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27948 Donna Kay Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:19:56 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27948 Great post! Your words are strong and true. Great post! Your words are strong and true.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27949 Amanda Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:24:37 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27949 now I am smiling because nothing, and I mean nothing, is better than the freedom that comes from truth... Amen sister! God bless- Amanda now I am smiling because nothing, and I mean nothing, is better than the freedom that comes from truth…

Amen sister!
God bless-
Amanda

]]> By: Becky @ 4 Days in a Week http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27950 Becky @ 4 Days in a Week Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:58:41 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27950 I can relate also! There is only one that we should strive to please whole-heartedly, and He accepts us just as we are! I can relate also!
There is only one that we should strive to please whole-heartedly, and He accepts us just as we are!

]]> By: Joy http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27952 Joy Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:02:51 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27952 Wow! This is exactly what I needed to hear today. The last few weeks I have been struggling with my self-esteem, and so worried about what everybody thinks. I moved a lot as a kid and it seems like every time I turn around I'm being rejected or pushed aside by somebody I called a friend. But yet I keep trusting. I think the Lord uses this to bring my focus back to Him and off of me. I thank the Lord for using you as a vessel in my life today! Wow! This is exactly what I needed to hear today. The last few weeks I have been struggling with my self-esteem, and so worried about what everybody thinks. I moved a lot as a kid and it seems like every time I turn around I’m being rejected or pushed aside by somebody I called a friend. But yet I keep trusting. I think the Lord uses this to bring my focus back to Him and off of me. I thank the Lord for using you as a vessel in my life today!

]]> By: Genny http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27954 Genny Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:49:54 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27954 Angela, Beautiful. Your heart is so transparent, and your story so powerful. It was a broken road that led me to God many years ago, and even though those roads come with rocks and bumps and detours, I'd never change the path I travelled for a second. Thank you for the reminder! Angela,
Beautiful. Your heart is so transparent, and your story so powerful. It was a broken road that led me to God many years ago, and even though those roads come with rocks and bumps and detours, I’d never change the path I travelled for a second. Thank you for the reminder!

]]> By: Tracy @ my cup runneth over http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27955 Tracy @ my cup runneth over Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:15:50 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27955 Angela, Yet again, you've beautifully put words to something I've struggled with my entire life. I too am trying to "recover" from people pleasing. How true that every step of that broken road is what brings us to where the Lord has us today. (Praise God for His willingness to walk that broken road for us, too.) This brings to mind The Voice of Truth by Casting Crowns. What an encouragement. Thank you. Angela,
Yet again, you’ve beautifully put words to something I’ve struggled with my entire life. I too am trying to “recover” from people pleasing. How true that every step of that broken road is what brings us to where the Lord has us today. (Praise God for His willingness to walk that broken road for us, too.) This brings to mind The Voice of Truth by Casting Crowns. What an encouragement. Thank you.

]]> By: Adventures In Babywearing http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27957 Adventures In Babywearing Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:08:07 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27957 Oh Angela, this was beautiful! Steph Oh Angela, this was beautiful!

Steph

]]> By: Elizabeth...mommy...etc http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27959 Elizabeth...mommy...etc Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:14:29 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27959 i'm nodding my head throughout this post. i've experienced many of those things also...humiliated and being called stupid by my peers during a math lecture in HS and having my fiance cheet on me in front of my college 'friends' when i had already graduated and none of them told me...only for it to be spread through my family b/c 2 of my cousins went to the same college before i knew a thing! our break-up was HUMILIATING...but God brought me through it. rejection after rejection i have encountered until He brought my husband. rejection after rejection in negative pregnancy tests...until He brought my miracle. our recent rejection from a job that we both longed for that would move us near my family and b/c of this we are now moving with the military even further than we are now...rejection. it's all earlthy but God does not move in the circles of rejection but of acceptance & healing. in every rejection i've experienced after "sweetly waiting" {that's what we tell Tulip is patience) we are surprised & amazed at what God ultimately chooses for us. the rejection ends up being a blessing in disguise. i'm looking for that blessing now in great anticipation! thanks for the insightful post. i’m nodding my head throughout this post. i’ve experienced many of those things also…humiliated and being called stupid by my peers during a math lecture in HS and having my fiance cheet on me in front of my college ‘friends’ when i had already graduated and none of them told me…only for it to be spread through my family b/c 2 of my cousins went to the same college before i knew a thing! our break-up was HUMILIATING…but God brought me through it. rejection after rejection i have encountered until He brought my husband. rejection after rejection in negative pregnancy tests…until He brought my miracle. our recent rejection from a job that we both longed for that would move us near my family and b/c of this we are now moving with the military even further than we are now…rejection. it’s all earlthy but God does not move in the circles of rejection but of acceptance & healing. in every rejection i’ve experienced after “sweetly waiting” {that’s what we tell Tulip is patience) we are surprised & amazed at what God ultimately chooses for us. the rejection ends up being a blessing in disguise. i’m looking for that blessing now in great anticipation!

thanks for the insightful post.

]]> By: Lisa Ann http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27960 Lisa Ann Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:53:23 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27960 Angela this post hits home for me as you know. I thank God for the broken road that lead me to find a new sister in Christ. I know that he will continue to heal and comfort us. Angela this post hits home for me as you know. I thank God for the broken road that lead me to find a new sister in Christ. I know that he will continue to heal and comfort us.

]]> By: LauraLee Shaw http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27961 LauraLee Shaw Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:19:08 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27961 Wow, Angela, I am stunned by your words. Your authenticity struck a chord in me and so many others. What's really wild is I've been dealing with similar issues my whole life AND I blogged a similar message about it today. How incredible that the Lord gives us sisters in the Body of believers to be a part of the process of breaking free from our chains. May His love just swell up and overflow from you today. Wow, Angela, I am stunned by your words. Your authenticity struck a chord in me and so many others. What’s really wild is I’ve been dealing with similar issues my whole life AND I blogged a similar message about it today. How incredible that the Lord gives us sisters in the Body of believers to be a part of the process of breaking free from our chains. May His love just swell up and overflow from you today.

]]> By: Mary http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27964 Mary Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:42:05 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27964 Ah Angela -- thank you. I can feel that pain of rejection. We are kindred spirits in people pleasing -- I, too, struggle with this and I've asked the Lord to guide me and He's faithful and He's doing it. Doesn't mean I don't fall back to those old people pleasing ways, but I'm learning to only dance for an audience of One -- the One. Thank you for your sweet, transparent spirit. This was a word that I needed to hear today. Ah Angela — thank you. I can feel that pain of rejection. We are kindred spirits in people pleasing — I, too, struggle with this and I’ve asked the Lord to guide me and He’s faithful and He’s doing it. Doesn’t mean I don’t fall back to those old people pleasing ways, but I’m learning to only dance for an audience of One — the One.
Thank you for your sweet, transparent spirit. This was a word that I needed to hear today.

]]> By: Elisa http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27968 Elisa Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:16:28 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27968 Angela, this was beautifully written, and a true expression of your heart as well as your humility. God is doing amazing things through you, like truly changing you from a people pleaser to a God pleaser. I think of Galatians 1:10 -- it is now true about you! Your application of Scripture was powerful and perfectly communicated. Thanks so much for this much needed reminder! Blessings, Elsia Angela, this was beautifully written, and a true expression of your heart as well as your humility. God is doing amazing things through you, like truly changing you from a people pleaser to a God pleaser. I think of Galatians 1:10 — it is now true about you! Your application of Scripture was powerful and perfectly communicated. Thanks so much for this much needed reminder!

Blessings,
Elsia

]]> By: Shonda http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27972 Shonda Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:12:30 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27972 Angela, I just finished my quiet time of praying and seeking the Lord for answers. I asked of HIM to tell me why I feel so rejected by a recent situation. I kept hearing in my spirit--God is my reward. I know that is scripture, but not clear on what HE is saying. But after reading this post this morning--He answered my prayer through you. I'm familiar with the 1 Peter 1:6-9 scripture, but reading it from the Message translation brought it out for me. FAITH THROUGH SUFFERING PROVED GENUINE. And THE BROKEN ROAD LEADS TO HIS GLORIOUS KINGDOM. My eyes need to be on HIM and not expected circumstances. Thank you my sister for being such a willing, obedient vessel of the Lord. Blessings in Christ-- Shonda Angela,
I just finished my quiet time of praying and seeking the Lord for answers. I asked of HIM to tell me why I feel so rejected by a recent situation. I kept hearing in my spirit–God is my reward. I know that is scripture, but not clear on what HE is saying. But after reading this post this morning–He answered my prayer through you. I’m familiar with the 1 Peter 1:6-9 scripture, but reading it from the Message translation brought it out for me. FAITH THROUGH SUFFERING PROVED GENUINE. And THE BROKEN ROAD LEADS TO HIS GLORIOUS KINGDOM. My eyes need to be on HIM and not expected circumstances. Thank you my sister for being such a willing, obedient vessel of the Lord.
Blessings in Christ–
Shonda

]]> By: Natalie Witcher http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27976 Natalie Witcher Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:53:45 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/07/09/freedom-from-rejection/#comment-27976 I'm so glad he lovingly takes us to the place of healing! I’m so glad he lovingly takes us to the place of healing!

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