We shouldn't tolerate sin, you know. We should look clearly at the things in our lives that we have done wrong.

We see that even in the story, Jesus will point out the areas of your life that you should repent from.

But he doesn't reject you when he does that.

Maybe some of you even having Christians in your life that have rejected you completely because of something that you've done,

even though you want to repent or you want to turn from that, and knowing that the Lord

sees you, he sees your heart.

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Welcome back to the Coffee and Bible Time podcast. I'm Ellen, your host, and today joining me is my daughter Taylor from Coffee and Bible Time. Welcome. So good to be here. We're going to have a lot of fun and dig deep together today.

Yes. I'm so excited to have you here. Today we are talking about the human need to be seen,

heard, and accepted. Something that really goes into our core being. Would you not agree? I would completely agree. Absolutely. Through every

season of my life in one way or another in one form or another, I have felt the desire to be seen

and accepted. And when I don't feel accepted or seen, there is a lot of, you know, mental hurt and anguish and sadness. And, yeah,

that's why I'm excited to talk about this because I can relate in a lot of ways. Even me now,

you know, moving to a new place, I have that, you know, need for being accepted and seen really bubbling up all over again.

And it's not just exclusive to a few people. This is arguably the need to belong is a fundamental human motivation that scientists say is wired into us. And furthermore,

neuroscientists found that social rejection activates brain regions associated with physical pain. Like your brain is basically saying,

ouch, that unfollow hurt, which so many people can relate to. Yeah. I was going to say it's

validating to hear that because I think a lot of people that do go through, you know, loneliness or feelings of rejection, it's a silent pain that you don't always talk about because maybe you don't want to sound awkward or whatever telling people you feel lonely because that's really vulnerable, right?

So it's something that you walk through silently hurting.

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