Just a thought by coppi

“Rejection is God’s Protection”

Protection is the act of keeping something or someone safe from harm, damage, or loss. It can also refer to the state of being protected. For example, you might say “Their tent offered little protection against the storm”. 

I read this today, and thought “Oh my, I have been down that road too many times in my life”.   Disappointed and hurt, definitely yes.  I still remember years ago when I was going to a small one-room country school, I had a very good friend who would not speak to me the next year.  In the country life, we did not get to see our friends after the school-term ended, because of the distance between our home and theirs. Fields apart. Yes. I was hurt.  Tears didn’t change the situation.  Time did.   Approximately fifty years later, I received a letter of apology from her;  she was so sorry and she loved me.  I don’t know why I was protected with this exclusion – maybe to prepared me from future pain of rejection.  My ways are not God’s ways.  I do know that through life, I was definitely shielded through rejections;  I looked back at my long life, I made mistakes doing things my own way.   Yes, I do believe I was sheltered by God.  Life is a voyage – we trek along making mistakes, learning through them (if we will), and moving on with an invisible protection of God.   

“Psalm 32 is a psalm of David that is about the joy of forgiveness and the importance of confessing sins to God. It is a penitential psalm that expresses David’s experience of being forgiven for his sins and his renewed appreciation for God’s grace.”

Just a thought by coppi