Monday, October 23, 2000
Monday, October 23, 2000
But first he must endure much suffering and be rejected by this generation.
It would be nice if all rejection slips were so tactful, wouldn't it? Actually most people
experience rejection as something cruel, sometimes heart-breaking.
Jesus was also rejected, but he lives and sits at the right hand of God.
(Luke 17:25
NRSV)
One of the more enchanting characteristics of some Asian cultures is how sensitive people are to
other people's feelings. For example, one publication, the FINANCIAL TIMES, carried this
rejection notice, written to a writer by the overly polite editor of a Chinese economic journal:
"We have read your manuscript with boundless delight. If we were to publish your paper," says
the editor, "it would be impossible for us to publish any work of lower standard. And as it is
unthinkable that in the next thousand years we shall see its equal, we are, to our regret, compelled
to return your divine composition, and to beg you a thousand times to overlook our short sight
and timidity."
Dear Jesus, though others may reject me, I am happy to know you will always be there for me.
Amen.
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