I am the Reject
Dear Blog Readers,
Its been nearly 2 months since I've last posted a blog. Life has been full of work and I am starting a youth water polo team. I was also in a car accident and I've been healing from it. I also been consumed with the usual life normalcies.
But praise God because God answered my prayer. I asked for the perfect truck and God provided. I ended up getting another Ford Ranger. I'm stoked and glad that I serve the great God that I do.
I also want to praise God because Beck and I are just blessed. I have a beautiful home, a great job, a great boss, working at a great company. My water polo team thats forming has received blessing after blessing and I couldn't of married a better person than my wife.
God has literally taken us to the edge a few times on faith, but has always provided for our every need and came through in the end. Sometimes I think I forget the blessings that God has provided me and I am so thankful for each one of them.
I guess after being blessed with so much and a curve ball comes your way it's sometimes hard to take. Last night I found out that I am not going to be a part of something special that is going on in my family. I am not going to go into detail, but I feel that I am the reject.
The reject is a hard person to be especially when it comes from people whom you love. I guess Jesus was the ultimate reject. Oh not today, no today we praise Jesus because we believe he can help us, in which he can. But what if you didn't know he could help you, would you still worship him? What if you lived before Jesus came to earth would you still give him the time of day?
God sent his precious son to show the people whom who he dearly loved that he loved them. The people repaid Jesus by rejecting him and killing him on the cross. But then Jesus and God turned around and despite the horrible thing they did to him, he gave them the gift of grace and eternal life through the establishment of a relationship with him.
Last night I was cruising along in my nice shiny red truck and I went by a friends house. I got out and asked my friends "what they were doing" and they said "that were going to give apircots from their tree to their neighbors". They asked me if I would come and so we went. All of their neighbors are old lonely widows and each one of them greeted us with open arms.
They were so thrilled to have company and they in turn gave us things they have in their home. It was an awesome sign of community, giving to one another and showing love and respect.
I also saw that here are these great woman who built these amazing families and yet many of them rarely see them or hear from them. Rejection from people is hard, but rejection from your family is harder. But its awesome that we serve a God who has been through rejection and we can lead by His example.
-Justin
Its been nearly 2 months since I've last posted a blog. Life has been full of work and I am starting a youth water polo team. I was also in a car accident and I've been healing from it. I also been consumed with the usual life normalcies.
But praise God because God answered my prayer. I asked for the perfect truck and God provided. I ended up getting another Ford Ranger. I'm stoked and glad that I serve the great God that I do.
I also want to praise God because Beck and I are just blessed. I have a beautiful home, a great job, a great boss, working at a great company. My water polo team thats forming has received blessing after blessing and I couldn't of married a better person than my wife.
God has literally taken us to the edge a few times on faith, but has always provided for our every need and came through in the end. Sometimes I think I forget the blessings that God has provided me and I am so thankful for each one of them.
I guess after being blessed with so much and a curve ball comes your way it's sometimes hard to take. Last night I found out that I am not going to be a part of something special that is going on in my family. I am not going to go into detail, but I feel that I am the reject.
The reject is a hard person to be especially when it comes from people whom you love. I guess Jesus was the ultimate reject. Oh not today, no today we praise Jesus because we believe he can help us, in which he can. But what if you didn't know he could help you, would you still worship him? What if you lived before Jesus came to earth would you still give him the time of day?
God sent his precious son to show the people whom who he dearly loved that he loved them. The people repaid Jesus by rejecting him and killing him on the cross. But then Jesus and God turned around and despite the horrible thing they did to him, he gave them the gift of grace and eternal life through the establishment of a relationship with him.
Last night I was cruising along in my nice shiny red truck and I went by a friends house. I got out and asked my friends "what they were doing" and they said "that were going to give apircots from their tree to their neighbors". They asked me if I would come and so we went. All of their neighbors are old lonely widows and each one of them greeted us with open arms.
They were so thrilled to have company and they in turn gave us things they have in their home. It was an awesome sign of community, giving to one another and showing love and respect.
I also saw that here are these great woman who built these amazing families and yet many of them rarely see them or hear from them. Rejection from people is hard, but rejection from your family is harder. But its awesome that we serve a God who has been through rejection and we can lead by His example.
-Justin
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