Since Facebook has become the biggest social network on internet, everybody seems to have an account there. I have to admit that Facebooking is something fun, because you can meet your old friend, your school mate, or anybody around the world you want to befriend with just by a click! Beside, it's also addicting. You can't blame one if he/she becomes addicted to FB, because yeah, it is addicting indeed. We seem to be part of world's citizens by becoming a member of Facebook. We'll know and be known. We can update our status and will be very excited if we get comments from our pals around the world. Facebook does make this world a global village! We can update our friend's latest news simply by one click. Wow.. isn't it a little magic of this modern civilization?
The bad news is, you can remove any of your friend from being your friend. It's your absolute right to choose who you want to befriend with and who you don't want to. You can approve one and ignore other. It's your choice. And, FB guarantees that the network won't publish if you reject someone's request to be your friend. Because, to be honest, it would be so embarrasing if others know that someone does it to you!
Being rejected has never been fun. Even, it really hurts. But in this real world, we'll face this hurting fact. There will be times we'll get rejection from our friend, even removing or denying attitude that we're one's friend. One may not approve your request to be his or her friend. And it's for real. (Oh, yeah, I've gone through this bitter experience! Can't imagine why one rejects your request to be his/ her friend. In fact, we just want to befriend in cyber world!).
But, through this thing I've got a new insight, that we can't count on anyone to keep us smiling. We can't count on other's approvement to make us happy. They can be unkind to us, they can remove us from their list. They can reject our request to be their friend, but we can hold on one truth that in Jesus we'll never be ignored nor rejected. He'll never leave us nor forsake us. He cares for us. He loves us just the way we are, and He accepts us as we are. What a friend we have in Him!
If you ever get rejection, remember that you're not alone. Many people feel the same as you feel. All you can do is simply come to your God, Best Friend, dearest Saviour and Reedemer, because He offers Himself to be your refugee in your hard times. Even, He opens His hands to call us, 'come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest..' (Matt 11:28). For He dwells in the high and holy place, with Him also that is of contrite and humble spirit (Is 57:15). And The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit (Ps 34:18).
Have you ever requested Him to be your friend? Or, have you befriended with Him in your real life?
3 comments:
I enjoy reading about you and your journey through life I look forward to more of it. Very interesting.
Very well written. This is an important subject as so many of us suffer from rejction in one form or another - that is, until we expereince deep within that Jesus never ever rejects us.
Thank you for all of your comments. Yeah, experience is the best teacher in this case.. :). Thank God we have Him in life, so we can share our recovered pains..
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