Rejection vs. Forgiveness

Have you ever felt rejected, unloved, or overlooked?  Can you relate with Leah in the Bible?  Here is a woman who was the eldest of two daughters to their father Laban. Your younger sister is very beautiful and you are not.  All the men bypass you and then look to your younger sister. Then on top of that, your own father manipulates an agreement with the groom of that younger sister to marry you.   He does this by putting you in the marriage bed with your sister’s fiancé.  (That is messed up) Then in the morning this groom realizes that you are not who he thought you were.  In anger he goes to your father and complains about how he had to take you as his wife.  This is probably not the kind of wedding night that you were dreaming of.  Can you imagine that kind of rejection and being unloved in that way?  In fact even after having four sons she hoped it would cause her unsuspecting husband to love her.  Every human person has to deal with rejection on some level.  For some it seems that at every turn of life they are constantly being rejected by somebody or something. It so important that we learn to deal with rejection. Remember, Jesus was rejected by everyone and even His Father God turned His head from him. He knew rejection like no one has ever known. Yet, he forgave his rejecters and loved them anyways.  Wow!  The power of forgiving those who reject us will allow us to draw from a power that flows from a source opened 2000 years ago on the Cross.  This is an active demonstration of the spirit's power in our life to do what we can't overcome by ourselves.  Now allow me to finish the rest of this story of these two sisters Rachel and Leah.  Rachel was loved by Jacob, while Leah was a tag along.  However, as life came to its finale Jacob buried Rachel in a grave along the way reserving the grave next to him for Leah. Through all that rejection Jacob and Leah actually became more “in love” then the love he had with Rachel.  It is amazing what God can do when you deal with your rejection, but it starts with you!