Overview: Dealing with many forms of rejection in a biblical manner.
My takeaway, ‘aha’ moments from this book:
- Someone else’s rejection of my is not a reflection of me.
- I am vulnerable to rejection when I am starving for attention – because I’m not getting it from my relationship with the Lord.
- Taking rejection personally puts me in a position to believe things about myself that are not true but can greatly affect my heart and view of self. It creates a misalignment between what I come to believe and what is true.
- When I am not getting my fill in my devotions, I walk into situations needy for attention, feeling empty inside, and needing others to bless me instead of walking into the situation looking for a way I can bless them.
- I sometimes find myself needing those around me to validate me – because I’m not spending enough time with the Lord and getting it from my walk with Him.
- When you have a friendship breakup you can acknowledge the hurt and still honor God in your mindset about that person – you should still pray for them and give your hurt to the Lord, so it doesn’t grow into bitterness.
- When I am feeling empty inside, I crave fulfillment and can easily replace true fulfillment from the Lord with hollow and temporary distractions such as physical pleasures like food, entertainment, social media, tv, etc.
- When I choose hollow pleasures to fill the empty feeling, I am numbing myself instead of healing. My soul can’t heal or grow when I am numbing it. I need to choose things that fuel my soul!
- When I find myself in a funk, the only solution is to run toward the Lord and let Him recharge my soul.
