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Been Rejected By Your Family?
For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.
Mark 3:35
"His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to
Him... 'Behold Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.'
Answering them, He said... 'whoever does the will of God, he is My brother
and sister and mother.'"
Have you experienced the pain of being rejected by your family? Jesus did!
And it's crushing. It shakes you to your roots. Jesus' family completely
misjudged Him. On top of that, they attempted to mishandle Him. Realising
their failure to understand His life's purpose, Jesus continued to love and
respect them, but He refused to go out to them. His higher priority was those
who'd gathered to hear what He had to say and receive what He had to bring.
Taking up your cross and following Jesus often involves misunderstanding and
rejection by your own. If that's where you are today why don't you pray this
prayer: "Father, bring me to the place where I can live as Your Son lived,
facing head-on those who misunderstand me, hearing their words and feeling
the sting of their accusations, yet learning to live above them. Help me to
understand and to forgive, especially the one whose life is being consumed by
resentment and crippled by fear. Bring me full circle to the place of peace, so
that no matter who may misunderstand me I'm able to go on, like Your Son
went on, all the way to the cross, the resurrection, and the prize. In Christ's
name, Amen."
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