I believe that God is intentional. He is intentional about everything He does. I often sit and reflect, and it amazes how God has orchestrated my life. One thing I have learned over the years is that rejection is protection.
The first time I learned rejection was protection was in 7th grade when I was trying out for a competitive cheer team with my then best friend. The morning of the try-out, my mom and I woke up late so this put us about 20 minutes behind. The alarm for the house went off and for whatever reason the code wasn’t working. My mom was on the phone with the alarm company trying to figure it out which added another 20 minutes to us being behind. When we finally got to the try-out, we tried to explain what happened but they wouldn’t let me try-out because I missed my time slot. My mom felt bad, and I felt rejected. I couldn’t understand why those events had happened. A couple of months later, my best friend and I had a falling out and stopped being friends. The Lord’s protection! The Lord knew that we would have a falling out. He knew we weren’t going to be friends for much longer. If He had allowed me to be on the team, we would have still had to work together in spite of us not being friends anymore. It would have been an awkward situation for us and for everybody around us.
The next time I realized that rejection was protection was when I started applying for colleges. I had decided that I wanted to attend Texas Christian University (TCU). My ACT score wasn’t high enough, but I went ahead and applied anyway. Well I wasn’t accepted but they did offer a waiting list option, and sent instructions on how to secure a spot on the waiting list. The first step was to go to a web link. I typed in the web link and it said page not found. I tried it probably another 3 times, and I kept getting the same message. So I put it away and tried it again the next day. I got the same message so I just dropped it and applied for ORU. I got accepted to ORU no problem. (I took the ACT again and got a score high enough to get in.) The rejection from TCU was the Lord’s doing. Here’s how I know: if I had gone to TCU, I would have missed meeting my husband. I would have missed being in Souls A’Fire. I would have missed meeting some amazing people and creating life-long friendships.
As crazy as it sounds, I am so grateful for rejection because it means God is protecting me from something I can't see. His word is true! He truly is Alpha and Omega. He knows our end from our beginning.
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