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A Point to
Ponder... © RFHADLEY.COM
2002
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Love Can Cast Out The fear of Rejection The fear of rejection may be one of the most basic fears of the human experience. This is a heart-warming story of a man who finally decided to ask his boss for a raise in salary. It was Friday. He told his wife that morning what he was about to do. All day the man felt nervous and apprehensive. Late in the afternoon he summoned the courage to approach his employer. To his delight, the boss agreed to a raise.  The man arrived home to a beautiful table set with their best china. Candles were lighted. His wife had prepared a festive meal. Immediately he figured that someone from the office had tipped her off! Finding his wife in the kitchen, he told her the good news. They embraced and kissed, then sat down to a wonderful meal. Next to his plate the man found a beautiful lettered note. It read: "Congratulations, darling! I knew you'd get the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you."  While on his way to the kitchen to get dessert he noticed that a second card had fallen from her pocket. Picking it off the floor, he read: "Don't worry about not getting the raise! You deserve it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you." Total acceptance! Total love. Her love for him was not contingent upon his success at work. In fact, just the opposite. If he were to fail there, if he were to be rejected by his boss he'd be all the more accepted at home. She stood behind him no matter what; softening the blows, healing the wounds, believing in him, loving him. We can be rejected by almost anyone, But we're truly loved by one.  That's the way families can be with each other. And I like to think that's the way God is with us, too! "We love because he first loved us." © © © Author Unknown © © ©
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. John 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 
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