As a child and youth, I often felt rejected and dejected. I didn't look like the "popular" kids. I wasn't pretty or witty. Instead, I was the kid who hated the way she looked, who was picked last, had the least friends.
Feeling like this, I felt like no one could ever care about me. Amazingly, God cared. He stepped into my life at a critical moment. I had just come out of a difficult situation and was headed into dealing with the repercussions and healing. We moved by the end of the summer, and I met a whole new group of kids who rejected me. I threw myself wholeheartedly into learning about this God who loved me enough to save me and invest in me.
But this is not about me. It's about God. Out of love, He sent His son to step down into time. His Son lived and died to save us. When His Son was raised from the dead, His Son overcome every pain, sorrow and punishment for sin. He chose to love a broken people, broken by disobedience and stubbornness. Even if we've been hurt by others' sins, we cannot deny our own. When we recognize that we have no strength on our own, we can rest in Him and rise on eagle's wings.
My prayer for you is that God would step into your life and bring you to Him and His healing love and saving grace. Never stop searching for the Father's love.
