A young person wants to join a basketball team at school and is picked over.  He is a star athlete or so the thought.  Self pity and feelings of rejection completely take over.  The following year a new coach takes over.  This coach approaches the young athlete stating there is a place on the basketball team for him now.  The young man’s response to the coach is to go fly a kite.

This young person is thinking they missed their chance.  Pride takes over and this young person misses yet another chance.

Another young person wants to join a basketball team and he too is picked over.  He is also a star athlete in his mind.  He walks away from the try outs baffled but refuses to think of himself as less than a star athlete.  He continues to shoot hoops with the neighborhood boys and refuses to give up.  The following year a new coach approaches him to let him know there is a place on this year’s team for him.  He accepts with much enthusiasm then goes on to to be the star player and helps to win the championship.

Rejections happen but a rejection never changes the true worth of a person.  Only thoughts can make or break a person.  Another person’s choice to reject someone is their own idea.  The person receiving the rejection chooses the response.

Proverbs 23:7a  New King James Version

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.