Rejection or Protection??

The title of my post was the title of my devotional that I received this morning in my email from Diva Zone, an online magazine. In this mornings daily dose was this quote, " Try your best to stop taking everything so personal, because many times it is not even about you." -Felisha Jones. It spoke to me because I am guilty of doing that from time to time.

Be inspired

Sweet Lady :)


Here is the remainder of the email, in case anyone may want to read.

Rejection or Protection??

Is there anyone in your life that you know like a book? Let me help you out a bit. It is that person whose habits are pretty much engraved in your brain. It is that person who can guarantee that you will warn them before they do something they will regret based on what you have come to know about them. What trips me out is that we know ourselves like a book, yet we don't love ourselves enough to listen to our own internal warnings.


Well, guess what girlfriend? God knows each and every one of us like a book. We are NOT slick. And, you can best believe that He knows what we need before we ask and He definitely knows how to keep us out of situations that we will regret later.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.


I chuckle at times, when I think about how our Heavenly Father has to deal with us DIVAs as we continue to grow and learn. God will gently tap our fingers saying..."Leave that alone baby"...and we with our neatly manicured fingernails continue to reach and grab and that's when that gentle tap on the fingers turns into "Go to your room" -- you know that place of complete isolation and shut down, where we are forced to think about our actions and vow to make a better decision the next time?


So, the next time you even think about using your DIVA powers to knock down that closed, boarded up, cemented shut door with CAUTION written in red, please remember that the world's rejection is God's gracious protection.


Isaiah 64:4 For since the beginning of the world
Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him. (NKJ)


Next Steps: Try your best to stop taking everything so personal, because many times it is not even about you.