This morning as I was sipping on my coffee and watching my WOJ service from Lysa TerKeurst's message, I began to recall the reason my mother named me Abigail. She said she always loved how wise Abigail was in this bible story and I could camp on that for a bit, not necessarily agreeing with that same characteristic in myself, BUT Lysa advised us to live from the perspective that I will live loved and remember that God has handpicked me. 

Rejection is tough and is a true happenstance in many of our lives, yet what do we do with it? Lysa ended her message with ,"We must not let their words become THE words of our story." Being adopted and then given up once again can cause a girl all sorts of identity issues and rejection, but as my girl Lysa said what we focus on will be what we feast on. In other words our heart and soul can be fickle and overdramatic, oh yes I did go there! I am probably one of the world's best drama queens, but well that's another story for another time.  


I have to remind myself that being hurt or wounded isn't something to feel guilty about, it is our reality. The key is not to allow our feelings to drive our way of life and especially our way of feeling loved. For the past few years, my feelings tell me I am not loved, wanted, treasured or even noticed...but God in His word tells me He knew me before I was ever created in my mothers womb, He will never leave me or forsake me and that His son was sent because He LOVED me first. WOW! How can I then guide my feelings to refocus on those truths instead of what I am bombarded by in my everyday life? It has to do with the advice given in Phillipians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things. My soul- mind, will and emotions must be restored to this good news, otherwise well, we can become mean girls.

Restore the you're loved focus today,

love u