REJECTION...

Something we all have or will go through.

The hardest time of my life is when I experienced rejection. And man if I could go back how I would handle it differently. Instead of running to God in these hard times, I ran to my feelings and my fleshly reactions which, is one of the things I regret most.

By sharing my story, my prayer is that I help y'all even if it is one person to learn from my mistakes. Because I don't want ANYONE to experience the pain I went through during this time of my life. If you are currently going through this right now, just know I'm so sorry and I know exactly what you are going through and again my hope and prayer is that you are able to learn from my mistakes.

So here goes nothing,

Lets go back to around the end of February of last year. There was a person in my life who was a great friend of mine. We volunteered together, went to church together our family were {and still are} close so as family we would have game nights, bomfires and all the in between. We had an amazing friendship, or so I though. When early march came around I don't know what happened. But things defiantly changed. This friend began ignoring me and avoiding me. And I would aproch this person to talk to them they began to act like they didn't want to talk to me and that we were never friends. After this went on for quite some time, and I started blaming myself. *Which was mistake #1* Instead of asking what was going on and approaching them about it *Mistake #2* I automatically assumed that I must have done something wrong*Mistake #3*, I must not be a good friend, and a bunch of other lies. I took it all on myself. And after many days and weeks of seeing this person and coming home crying ... A lot... because I felt rejected, I decided to get outside council. Which I highly recommend. So I told everything to my amazing mentor and these are the eyeopening words she told me which I will never forget.

"You have no idea what they are going through or what there dealing with at home or with friends. Therefore you can't take this all on yourself and assume that is your fault. Sometimes REJECTION IS GOD PROTECTION. So just kill this person with kindness. "

A lot happened after that meeting I wont go into detail about it.... But lets just say it got worse. And I was ready to give up with people all together. I no longer wanted to be around or talk to ANYONE. I didn't want to go to church or youth or anything that involved people. I remember having this one conversation with my mom, and she said,

"Sister {Yes my mom calls me sister LOL} God tells us if your enemies slaps on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.' "

"Yes mom I know but the problem is I have no more checks to turn..."

Have you ever felt like this? Like you have no more checks to turn?

So fast forward to now, January 13, 2019. God has done so much healing in my heart. Healing is not something that just happens over night. **How awesome would that be tho** For me it almost took 10 months. It takes time and it takes JESUS. About 2 months ago, if your were to ask me how I was feeling regarding this situation, I would tell you "I was doing great."

** AND WHAT A LIE I WAS TELLING PEOPLE!**

I felt this hole in my heart. And I didn't know how to repair it. Little did I know, I can't repair it, only God can. Jesus is the only one that will never fail us, never reject us, never ignore us. His love and friendship never fails.

We all run to something when we feel this way. When were experiencing pain and hurt, whether thats music, friends, feeling anxious, struggling with depression, addicted to social media...there are all sorts of things, but the truth is when we run to theses things, they will never fulfill us, never satisfy our thirst, we're running to an oasis that will always run dry. But when we run to JESUS, were running to an Oasis that will never run dry, always satisfy, bring healing and will full us with living water.

So what I learned from this season in my life is that sometimes

"REJECTION IS GOD'S PROTECTION."

And next time I experience this, I am not going to run to an oasis that will run dry but the oasis that will never run dry no matter what and always bring healing.

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God Bless,

Elisha Paige❤️