FEELING ABANDONED AND REJECTED
Father,
I reach out to you in my frail state of helplessness.
Whether alone or in a crowd, the feelings of rejection and abandonment
continue to gnaw away at my heart like a terminal disease.
It’s a lonely feeling to be rejected.
Waves of anger, discouragement, and self-doubt plague me at times.
I feel like I’m dying inside. And
sometimes I question whether my life is even worth living.
Help me sense Your presence, because in Your presence if fullness of joy
(Ps. 16:11)
My greatest comfort is knowing that You were rejected,
too. Your closest friends, Your
family, even the people You sought to save abandoned You when You needed them
most. Despite the love You showed
and the lives You touched, they denied they knew You, they betrayed You, and
they gave up on You. Then, as You
hung on the cross, You were forsaken by Your Father, almighty God (Matt. 27:46)!
Jesus, thank You for offering Yourself on the cross for
my sins. You suffered the rejection
of the Father so I wouldn’t have to. Please
give me a vision of God’s unconditional love and acceptance.
Make real to me Your promise that despite the rejection I experience here
on earth, You will never leave me nor forsake me.
Strengthen me to go on, to rise up from the ashes of my
dejection and depression, and draw closer to You and Your love.
By the power of Your Spirit, I refuse to allow the enemy
to sow seeds of unforgiveness, bitterness, vengeance, and hatred.
Jesus, instill within me the grace to echo the same words You spoke on
the cross: “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke
23:23)
Whether or not I am fully accepted again by those who
have rejected me, I ask that You will fill me with Your agape love for them.
May I not walk in the fear of rejection, but instead in Your perfect
love, which casts out all fear.
Thank You that my value isn’t dependent upon what other people think of me, but rather what You think of me. And nothing NOTHING, can separate me from Your love (Rom. 8:35-39)