Jesus bore rejection fully so that we could receive acceptance freely. That is not sentimental language; it is the movement of the gospel from God to us. What He took upon Himself at the cross, we no longer have to carry. But healing our identity requires more than removing lies; it requires receiving the truth.   If rejection no longer defines me, then what does?   Identity is not something we merely discover by looking inward; it is something we rebuild by tearing down what

In the previous post, we focused on naming the wound of rejection and how it reaches the spirit long before it ever reaches the conscious thoughts in our mind. When wounds remain unnamed, they do not stay neutral. The mind is a meaning-maker; it interprets experience and assigns belief, whether we invite it to or not. This is why rejection cannot be left dormant. What is not brought into the light begins to explain our lives for us. The heart learns lessons in pain, and unles