When I first came to God, He accepted me "Just as I am". He knew my flaws, my past mistakes, my weaknesses, my fears, and yet, He loved me. God calls us to love and serve others; He hasn't had a memory loss, forgetting our imperfections. He is aware of them and irony of irionies, He uses them to bring about good in our lives. When I have experienced rejection, my first impulse was to take that rejection as truth. If someone in a hiring position, or in some office of authority didn't approve of me, I must obviously be fatally flawed. But I remembered that "The truth shall set you free". Was this rejection this devaluing of who I am "the truth"? What of God's truth? My own worst enemies arre the negative thoughts I choose to think and believe. I have value because of whose I am. I am a creation of God. I am not perfect, but I am forgiven. I make mistakes, but I am loved. This is the truth that has the power to set me free. I need not fear weakness, God chooses to use  people who are weak; I need not fear my imperfection, God already knows that there is none perfect. He is not surprised by my weakness, my mistakes, nor is He deminished by my fears.

God, I want so to believe your truth; the truth that says I am loved, acccepted and valued. I have beeen rejected by family, friends, and those who should have loved and encouraged me the very most. I have taken those negative words and converted them in to negative thoughts which I play over and over again to myself. The love and compassion I so easily give others I don't give to me. I am sometimes my own worst enemy. God, deliver me from me. Help me to replace my negative thoughts with Your truth, the truth that has the power to set me free from past rejections, set me free from my own weaknesses, set me free from anxieties and fears. Let my experience of rejection, and weaknesses help me to be more compassionate to others. I tend to view weakness as an imperfection; I've always wanted to be independent. Show me how to graciously accept the help of others, teach me to ask for help instead of struggling on my own, forgive my judgments of those who appear weak. You said that on my own I could do nothing. I neeed your grace to face a world that may reject me, I need your love to combat negative words of others, I need strength to forgive those who have hurt me, and the ability to trust others and especially You. I am so greatful that I can come to you, with an open heart, revealing all my concerns. Thank you for listening, for your forgiveness, and most of all for the truth that sets me free, if only I will let it.