FINDING LIGHT July 24, 1995 Issue

We don't have to accept rejection

A student of Christian Science describes how she overcame feelings of rejection in her marriage and found healing for herself and her husband.

Most of us have experienced rejection at one time or another, and felt the hurt. And the tendency to react negatively to such rejection has been known to manipulate people to act out some of the most serious disturbances society faces today, such as violence and child and spouse abuse.

It is evident that these are not problems that can be legislated or willed away. But they can be and have been solved by individuals who have learned that there is a way and a reason not to accept rejection. They have refused to be used by rejection but instead have used such occasions to rid themselves of whatever in thought was not good, not Godlike. Each of us can find healing and acceptance, whatever the need—and bless mankind as well.

Christ Jesus shows us the way. The Bible prophesies that he would be "despised and rejected of men" (Isa. 53:3). For no just reason, he faced the ultimate rejection in the crucifixion. Yet he proved the power of divine Love, God, to overcome even this hatred when he emerged from the tomb alive. There is no evidence that Jesus ever accepted hurt or failure or any sense of rejection. In his own words, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away" (Matt. 24:35). In all the centuries since, his words have not passed away, and he has been accepted by millions as friend, Way-shower, Saviour, the Son of God.

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