I apologize for the sporadic posts lately. It turns out this summer has not been quite as uneventful as I supposed. I wanted to just give a quick reminder that the BeyondTheseWords poetry contest is still going on and ends August 8th. I would love to have your poem/song submission. Thanks again to all of you who read my work! Please keep checking for new additions.

Yours in Christ~Ashley (Site Administator)

Rejected
We walk away
With our heads hanging down
Hurt, disappointed, and ashamed

Rejected
We hide our faces
From the accepted and proud
Wondering who’s to blame

Rejected
We lose hope
Dreading the end coming
Yet trying to hasten it

Rejected
We think in slow
Motion-shocked by the shunning
That steady patience wasted

Rejected
We forget the rejected
The ones who came before
Traveled this hard path alone

Rejected
We forget the Rejected
That One who came before
To walk this hard world alone

Rejected
Yet we feel
Only a fraction of the pain
That the Savior had to feel

Rejected
We will heal
For the scarring only stained
The surface layer easiest to heal

But, the Rejected
He humbly bore
The full shame of every sin
That His creation could commit

And the Rejected
He suffered more
Than these wounds we hold within
He sunk down into the pit

He was rejected
We despised Him
His own nation-planned before creation
Hung Him on a cross-a cruel sign of shame

He is rejected
We despise Him
To this day His own creation
Is ashamed to claim His name

Do We Reject Him?: Devotional Thoughts

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