Rejected from the beginning - The only one who can save us was first rejected

Rejected from the beginning

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You were rejected

from the beginning.

Joseph wanted to leave

his fiancée Mary

once he found out

she was pregnant.

You had to send an angel

to straighten things out,

so he would accept you.

The people in Bethlehem

didn’t even want to give

a highly pregnant woman

a place to sleep and rest.

You had to be born

in a dirty stable

full with animals.

The local ruler

saw a threat

to his position

in you

and was ready

to kill you.

Your family had to flee

from the ruler

for they were fearing

for your life

and you were just a baby.

Later on

all the religious authorities

were worrying about their positions

and tried their best

to trick you

with their questions

so they could find

a reason to kill you.

Family, the community,

the government,

and the religious authorities

were all against you.

Yet here you are,

the very best thing

that could happen

to the world.

Your loving touch

reaches the heart

of the simple person

who is not blinded by

outward things

but aware of the

rotten condition

of his own heart.

Your mercy, grace and forgiveness

sets our relationship

to your father

straight again,

so that we can be

surrounded by his love

for all eternity.

You bring forgiveness

you bring healing

you bring restoration

you bring renewal

in a way that works

and in a way that no one

in this world can do.

You are the best gift

to the world

but so many

utterly reject you

before they even know

what you have come to do.

Thank you Jesus,

that you took

so much hardship

upon yourself

and spared no suffering

to set me free.

Theme:   The only one who can save us was first rejected 

He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.  John 1:11

(Bibel Quotation: NIV Translation)