“He was despised and rejected by men…” Isaiah 53:3 (ESV)
Lord, on this day of Thanksgiving,
Are You speaking to me?
Have I “rejected” or “refused”
for fear or shame?
Is my heart set on “man?”
Am I “despising” Your beauty?
Forgive me Lord.
I study a lot from the Concordance.
When I am questioning;
Inquiring of knowledge;
Thinking;
Searching deep;
A “word” will surface
In my spirit.
Turning to the Concordance,
Going to the
First mention (of the word in Scripture)
Often times,
Seeing if Jesus,
Himself,
Used the “word”.
(Although I know
All Scripture is God breathed)
This morning
between a
Thankful heart, and
Questioning if
I too was
“rejecting” the
Plans He has for my “heart?”
I went looking for the word
“Rejected.”
Oh yes, there are
Multiple lines of
“rejected,”
(approximately 30 times)
But at the end,
Right after the
After the last,
“rejected”,
Starting fresh is
The Word,
REJOICE!
(Abundant lines of 190 plus!
Not counting rejoices; rejoiceth; and rejoicing)
Lv. 23:40 “…shall rejoice before the LORD your God…”
Dt. 12:7 “…shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand…”
Dt. 12:12 “…shall rejoice before the LORD your God…”
He spoke softy,
“Because My Son was
“despised and rejected”
You are
Forgiven and
Loved.”
And you
“ …shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand…”

On this day of Thanksgiving,
I thank You LORD for
Your tender mercy
Of lovingkindness,
Forgiveness, and
Grace.
Gently speaking and
Guiding with Your
Wisdom and Word.
Let me not
“reject”
All the good plans
You have for my life,
or the work of
Your Son’s hands.
Let me
“Rejoice!”
Before You always
For You are my God
And I trust in Your
Protection on my
Path in life,
As I follow
Your Son,
Jesus Christ
“But let all those rejoice
Who put their trust in You;
Let them ever shout for joy,
Because You defend them;
Let those also who
love Your
Name
Be joyful in You.”
Psalm 5:11 (NKJV)

Wonderful post Denise. I am glad i read it:-) I hope you are doing wonderful:-)<3 Love, Isabella
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Thank you Isabella:) Nice to have you stop by:) Enjoying the last bit of Thanksgiving Holiday before the mad dash to Christmas!! Blessings:)
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You are more than welcome:-) Thanksgiving holiday, how lovely. We do not celebrate Thanksgiving in Norway. I have been to Thanksgiving dinners two times though, when some friends from the states lived here:-D I feel Christmas is coming too soon. Hope I will have everything ready in time. Blessings<3
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Rejection and rejoice, this is the fate of a Christian… it is when we are able to reject the deceptions of the world, that we are truly able to rejoice in God. Wonderful blog, Happy Thanksgiving to you. 🙂
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Thank you for stopping by:) Yes, the Concordance has a way of opening up my eyes as it “lines” out Scripture in order:) Reject, than Rejoice! I do the “happy” dance every time it does that!! Yes, blessings to you as we enter the Holiday season! Thank you for the comment:)
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Lovely post and lovely pictures! I love reading your blog so I have nominated you for the Liebster Award:
https://thebloggeronthemount.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/liebster-award/
Hope you fit the requirements and enjoy doing it is you want to!
God bless x
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Thank you VERY much! I appreciate your thoughtfulness! But today, this day, with hours spread out before me, I am determine to put “fear of failure” and my busyness of “man” aside and start what I have been “rejecting” for months! Rejoice, I say Rejoice! My Shepherd knows my path in life as I follow Him with my whole heart:) Thank you again for your kind nomination:) God bless!
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My pleasure 🙂
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A-men. A-men and A-men. Rejoice in the Lord always (because of who He is) in all circumstances. Rejoice I say rejoice!. Phil 4:4. Thank you for being you. May your day be richly BLESSED,
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Thank you Faye! Rejoice!! Happy Thanksgiving from USA to you:)
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