THAT NOT SO GOOD FEELING

THAT NOT SO GOOD FEELING


One of the WORST FEELINGS
That I have felt-in life-
IS the feeling of REJECTION


It doesn't
Make you feel very good and it
IS a feeling that I
Had to DEAL with again
MOST RECENTLY


IF there is any consolation=
It is=in that it is SOMETHING
That we ALL have to deal with


Even Jesus=FACED it=his
Hometown would NOT ACCEPT him
For who he was=for they KNEW
HIS FAMILY


“And they took OFFENSE at Jesus” Matthew 13:57


But Jesus said to them:
'A PROPHET is NOT without honor
EXCEPT in his home town
And in his home'


And he did NOT DO
Many miracles there
Because of their
LACK OF FAITH” Matthew 13:57-58


I REMEMBER when I was
A boy and how I FELT for
That last boy who wasn't picked


OR when I was a young man
And REJECTED romantically


THAT NOT SO GOOD FEELING


But JESUS UNDERSTANDS-he
Went through it too


Yet God-his FATHER-
LIFTED him up-and
He LIFTS US UP TOO


He is the ONE
Who NEVER REJECTS us-
Who ALWAYS loves us-who always
LIFTS us up-
When we are feeling down


“You who BRING GOOD news
To Zion
Go up
On a high mountain


You-who bring good NEWS
To Jerusalem
Lift up your voice
WITH a shout


LIFT IT UP-
Do not be afraid
Say to the towns of Judah
'HERE IS YOUR GOD'” Isaiah 40:9


“The CROWDS were astonished
At his teaching-for he
TAUGHT them
As ONE having authority” Matthew &:28-29


They LOVED him at the
SERMON ON THE MOUNT-
But NOT so much
In his home town


Not so much
WHEN he was crucified


NONE of us can
Move through life
Without experiencing rejection
And it is ALWAYS PAINFUL


But you NEED it
To LEARN VALUABLE LESSONS
In life


THAT NOT SO GOOD FEELING


But God always=LIFTS
Us up=he did it with Jesus=
And he WILL do it with us


HE LIFTS US UP


“But you Lord
Are a SHIELD around us


My glory-the ONE-
Who LIFTS my head high” Psalm 3:3


That NOT so
GOOD FEELING


CAN lead to SPIRITUAL GROWTH
In us
To self-knowledge
And to have COMPASSION
For OTHER hurting people


Jesus UNDERSTANDS THAT NOT SO
GOOD FEELING


He LIVED IT


In the name of JESUS-OUR LORD


Robert P. Wallman
8-3-17





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Martin Pable, O.F.M. Cap.