Sunday Message: "God's REJECTION is sometimes God's PROTECTION!"

One of my favorite Author's ZANE posted this earlier today,

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" If someone rejects you for whatever the reason, let them. It does not mean that there is something wrong with you. It just means you are not for them and, more than likely, they are not for you either. 

Every day, I want you to get up and treat yourself like the queen that you are. 

Every day, I want you to set a new goal for your life and work towards it.  

If you want to take a trip to Paris, you do not need to wait on a man to do it. Paris is romantic, with or without a man. Hell, if you open your options, you might even find the man of your dreams while you are there. If you want to go on a picnic, go have one by yourself. Pack some wine and cheese and go enjoy the beauty of the world. If you want to take a ballroom dancing class, go take one, even if your partner ends up being a 90-year-old man. Chances are he will at least be charming. If you want to go to the hottest restaurant in town, go and enjoy your meal. Dress up as hot as you would if you were going on a date and savor every bite.
My point is that sometimes .....I wish that we, as women, would stop asking why a man we desire cannot love us and ask ourselves why can't we love ourselves. A true life love story never ends and the greatest love of your own life should be YOU! Wine, dine, and romance yourself and when the RIGHT man for you comes along, he will simply be joining one hell of a party already in progress."

This got me to thinking....
Dealing with rejection is never an easy task. I remember the times and often find myself wanting something or someone and it not working out the way I wanted it to; I'm rejected and like any human...it hurts.

But do you ever stop and wonder that maybe that rejection, is God's way of protecting you?

Think about it,
Maybe you applied for a loan to pay off debt and got denied- Maybe's that's God's way of saying "I have a better plan that doesn't involve you going into deeper debt"

Maybe you attempted to start a relationship with someone and after a date or two it went nowhere. Maybe God was saving you from someone who he didn't want you to be with. Maybe his plan is better even.

On the other-side, there's rejection that yields no "maybe's" or "understandings" So what do you do about those?

I've asked God to help me answer that in my life recently and the only answer I can think of is....It's not in his will at this moment.

I know that the things I want that haven't came to past in my life yet (better relationship w/ God, a husband, a child, a satisfying career etc.) are actually promised to me by God. So no matter what it looks like, no matter how I feel, and how weary I get- I know that at the end of the day, GOD is in charge and that he will bring the things necessary to my life, to pass, in his time.

How do I keep that in mind everyday?
Resting on the promises that he made, if you don't know what those promises are....Click Here

I pray ALOT, I focus on what I have now and ask God to show me ways in which I can better myself- for him. I do get down sometimes and I realize that's because I have the need, I have the thoughts in my mind that my life is greater than what it is presently. I, in my human POV can't see the future and the blessings in store for me, but I know they are there.

It's tough day to day but I rely on God to give me the strength to push through, to become better and ultimately Trust//Believe//Put my faith in HIM.