The Rudder

When I was in junior high, my three closest friends decided to play a trick on me. Throughout an entire day of school (and we were all together every minute of the day) they avoided me, disregarded my comments, wouldn't acknowledge me when I spoke, and generally pretended I didn't exist. I went from being one of the inner circle to feeling overwhelmingly rejected. Walking home from school all alone (instead of with them) I felt as if I had no worth. I reached my house in tears, only to find my friends jumping out of the bushes screaming "Surprise! This was 'Invisible Day.' We made you invisible today!"



What I felt that day was total and devastating rejection--a feeling that follows many today. But God's Word tells me I am accepted by the Creator of the universe and washed clean in his grace. And I'm here to tell you that acceptance is more powerful than rejection. God invites us his inner circle--which feels much, much better than the one created and collapsed by three teenage boys.



Knowing that so many "feel invisible"The next few blogs will focus on the beatitudes from Matt 5 and 6. How our relationships can be helped or harmed just in how we apply right responses and right routines as we set out to rehab relationships as we study some biblical principles.

Let us not grow weary doing good especially to those in God's family. For in due time we will reap blessings if we don't give up hope or lose faith! Galatians 6:9,10.