How to Overcome Rejection

When my father told me that he didn’t love me, it was like the final blow that confirmed my feelings of rejection. It was not until I was older that I understood why my father hated me so. As well as having difficulty overcoming his guilt, he found that my strong will and rebellious personality riled him. No one, not even his wife, could question his authority.

Tired of feeling rejected since I felt I could not ever please my father, I decided, at the age of ten, to please myself regardless of the consequences.

My school years reflected my rejection. Being an immigrant from Holland at an early age, I struggled to be understood and accepted. Having failed most of my grades and having regularly run away from home, I was placed in an institution for wayward girls.

When I was twenty years of age I met and married a lovely man. It appeared that there was some reprieve from the endless pain and at last I could be accepted and loved. But within a short time, I had had several operations and was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Determined not to be in a wheel chair, I crawled around the house to attend to my small child, forcing myself to do exercises religiously, despite the pain.

I found myself crying out to God: “I cannot go on!” I then heard an audible voice, “Forgive them, for they know not what they do.” I feared to question God, so instantly I forgave my dad and others who rejected me and peace filled my heart. From then on I began to recover. I later gained full health when Bill and Wilma Watson, Directors of the Gold Coast Healing Rooms, prayed for me. ” Liz W.

Can you relate to this lady’s feeling of rejection and physical pain? You can be free too!