So, you didn’t make the cut??

This Teen Nugget focuses on rejection. How do we handle the painful path of rejection? Mike talks about the pain and how sometimes God uses our pain, even rejection, for his great purposes. The greatest people in the world have one thing in common, they learned to keep going amidst the pain.

Questions:

1) Parent, can you share a story of a rejection you went through? How did you handle it?
2) Parent, how did you process the pain of this rejection?
3) In hindsight, how did God use that pain in your story?
4) Why do you think rejection is so difficult?
5) How could rejection side-track our lives?
6) How does rejection actually make us stronger?

Resources:
Second String Song click here
Focus on the Family has a great article on Rejection here
Faith-based parent tips for teens facing rejection here
Psy.com has some great tips for parents here