伯恩一直都希望得到哥哥的愛，但卻徒勞無功，直到他信主之後，轉而學會滿足於救主的愛。

利亞是雅各的第一位妻子，她一生都希望得到丈夫的愛（創世記29章32-35節），但雅各始終只深愛拉結。上帝看到利亞的困境，彌補她生命中被拒絕的空缺，便賜福給她，使她生兒育女（31節），這在當時的文化中是極大的榮耀。利亞的丈夫雖對她視而不見，但上帝卻看見並聽見她的遭遇（32-33節）。她總共生了一個女兒和六個兒子（35章23節），其中一個兒子是猶大，也就是耶穌的祖先。利亞在猶大出生時，說：「這回我要讚美耶和華」（29章35節）。利亞在迦南地得享長壽，死後與雅各的列祖同葬在一個尊貴的地方（49章29-32節）。

當我們遭人拒絕時，讓我們從利亞的經歷中得安慰。我們可以滿足於上帝的愛，祂會補足我們的缺乏。

As a child, when asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Ben would say, “I want to be like Dave.” Ben’s older brother was athletic, sociable, and an honor student. Ben, on the other hand, says, “I was clumsy in sports, timid, and struggled with a learning disability. I’d always wanted a close relationship with Dave, but he didn’t. He called me ‘the boring one.’ ”

Ben spent much of his life pursuing his older brother’s love in vain. It was only when Ben became a follower of Jesus that he learned to rest in the love of his Savior instead.

Leah, the first wife of Jacob, spent much of her life pursuing her husband’s love (Genesis 29:32-35). Jacob, however, remained devoted to Rachel. But God saw Leah’s plight and made up for the rejection in her life. He blessed her by allowing her to be a mother, a great honor in her culture at that time (v. 31). Leah, unseen and unheard by her husband, was lovingly seen and heard by God (vv. 32-33). She gave birth to a daughter and six sons (35:23), one of whom was Judah, a forefather of Jesus Himself. She said at his birth, “This time I will praise the Lord” (29:35). Leah lived a long life in Canaan and was buried in a place of honor—with Jacob’s family (49:29-32).

When we experience rejection, let’s find comfort in Leah’s story. We can rest in the love of God, who makes up for what we lack.