The other night I was watching "The Real World- Cancun" (deep, right?), and as I was watching one of the girls on the show, Arianna (think thats her name), talked about her past hurts. She was talking into the camera, crying. Talking about her abortion, and how her boyfriend left her a week before she was about to go in for the procedure, and how because of that, she cant trust people or experience closeness with them.


I felt her pain. Deeply. Not because I have had an abortion, or because my boyfriend left me (in that way), but because I have experienced rejection from people. Because I have experienced this deep hurt of feeling like Im not "enough". In 8th grade not being accepted by the "popular" crowd, and then moving my freshman year to Montana, and experiencing the same rejection all over again. And again, even in attending a Christian college, feeling judged and rejected by certain people who were supposed to be loving.


However, this is not a sob story about me. This is a story of redemption and restoration. Jesus crept into my life through a friend I had finally opened my heart to, and in the midst of that rejection, told me I was precious to Him. He told me I am priceless. He told me that I am His- His daughter, His princess, His love. He told me that I am ALWAYS enough in Him. That no matter how much people have hurt me, that He will never leave me.


I want to encourage you to know your value as His daughter. You are a priceless princess. Dont allow the feelings of rejection or fear of rejection to hold you back from a relationship with Him, or other people. Dont push Him away because youre too afraid to care. The blessing is in knowing Himand knowing He uses other people/friends in our lives to show Himself to us.