rejected

Acts 4:1-12; Psalm 118 The stone rejected by the builders has become the corner stone; John 21:1-14

Rejected!

To dismiss as inadequate or not in accord to one's taste. To find distasteful. To recognize as not meeting the proper standards.

No one likes to be rejected. In the face of rejection the human heart screams for answers, screams for attention, screams for another chance.

Rejection!

Who would have thought that at the center of our faith lies the one who has been rejected.

The one who was considered inadequate, distasteful, not meeting the proper specs or standards rises to the front as the chosen vessel of God's recreating and redeeming love.

Our faith, our hope, our love is centered on the rejected one who stands triumphant.

How thankful we are that our ways are not God's ways and our thoughts are not God's thoughts!

The standard of God stands triumphant again. Only in the hands of God does the rejected become the victor, the chosen, the redeemer, the source of life and love for all.

"The stone rejected by the builders has become the corner stone. By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes...let us rejoice and be glad."