Just a thought by coppi

“If you lack the courage to fail, you will lack the courage to succeed. It is from our worst mistakes that we grow. We learn humility. We discover that you cannot please everyone.” — Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the “Beloved.” Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.  Henri Nouwen

I am tired of fighting all the “self-rejections” of me. I awakened this morning from a dream on this very thing.   When we self-reject, we talk ourselves out of taking action before we even get a chance to try. Usually, self-rejection happens when we’re afraid of failing or afraid of being rejected by someone else. To avoid that pain or embarrassment, we take ourselves out of the situation before it can happen.     Have you been guilty of this?  I have. You can have all the talent in the world, but if you self-reject you and bury yourself  under “fear” and “your existence”, you have given yourself over to the enemy of self-destruction.  In Mt 25:14-18 Jesus speaks of this very thing – “The one who had received the five talents  went off at once and traded with them, and made five more talents. In the same way, the one who had the two talents made two more talents. But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.”  When the master returned he was angry with the one who buried his talent because of fear.  We are God’s beloved – fearfully and wonderfully made. Ps 139:14, then why do I bury myself under rubble?  “Self-rejection cripples talent and speaking for myself, I have dug many holes and buried the talent God gave me.  

Just a thought by coppi