31 May 2010
by Philippe Dulawan
Over the last few weeks I have witnessed and experienced some rejection of some sort. My own personal experience has been to be rejected by companies as I jump through this process of graduate recruitment, a series of interviews and tests to see whether I am worthy of working for them in a graduate program next year. This is both a daunting and exciting process whereby they run the rule over you and say pretty much yes or no to who you are and what you can do. This can be very discouraging! I have also witnessed, friends breaking up with gfs and bfs, husbands and wives splitting – a sense of rejection, casting away.
But even though I have been told I am not good enough, I have found comfort and solace in the fact that despite all this there is a bigger picture, there is something greater that I cannot even fathom: Jesus Christ’s love and plan for each and every one of us. It is a great comfort and solid foundation for me to keep hoping and plugging away knowing full well that even though Coles, or R&B don't want me for a job, I am in Jesus’ palm and he will protect me and loves me no matter what. This is liberating and each and every one of us should know that if we trust in him we have all that is required to fulfil his plan.
I can look back and see in my life that from the moment I finally accepted God into my life of my own accord and not just my parents, that it was truly this sense of love and foundation that even if the world rejects there is something that cannot be taken away from me and can sustain; Jesus’ love for me that has kept me coming back and has really transformed me into the person I am today. It is hard to see the plan God has for us in tough times, but if we simply "let thy (God’s) will be done" we know and trust we will be better for it at the end of the day.