Dealing with rejection can make you question yourself long after the other person has moved on.

You remember what happened. You reconstruct conversations. You wonder whether one different sentence could have changed everything.

There is wisdom in examining ourselves, but there is also a point where reflection becomes a prison.

Jesus experienced rejection too.

Some people heard Him and refused to believe. Some disciples followed Him and later left. His hometown rejected Him. One of His closest followers betrayed Him, and another denied knowing Him.

Yet rejection never became Jesus' identity.

He continued loving people. He continued telling the truth. He continued doing what the Father called Him to do.

That gives us a very practical lesson.

You may not control who stays in your life, but you can decide whether their departure controls the rest of it.

Do not allow somebody's anger to make you angry at the world.

Do not allow betrayal to make you incapable of trust.

Do not allow rejection to convince you that you are rejected by God.

And do not spend years standing emotionally in the place where somebody said goodbye.

There may still be road ahead of you.

Forgive where forgiveness is needed. Correct what you did wrong. Seek peace when peace is possible.

Then keep walking.

The person who left does not get to decide whether you continue becoming the person God is calling you to be.

Your friend,
Douglas Vandergraph

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