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不久前，我意识到自己没有获得邀请参加我本来很想参加的活动。被排斥和被遗忘令我感觉惊讶。我想知道为什么我被忽略了，但又不好意思问，所以我想一定有什么原因。在那个软弱的时刻，我很难不得出这样的结论：我是被故意排除在外的。

有时，当我们感到不安全或不受欢迎时，自然会越发觉得受伤和孤独。孤立感会让我们心痛，让我们疲倦。我们渴望友谊、渴望被理解。但具有讽刺性的是，当我们有这种感觉时，即使别人主动联系我们，我们也很难与他们建立联系——因为我们已经开始感到与人疏远和不受欢迎了。

从人性的角度来说，可能没有人能真正以我们需要的方式关心我们。我们的伤痛有时难以言表。我们所需要的是我们在困境中被保护和扶持。

我们的主和救主耶稣是唯一能真正满足这一期待的人。神看见我们的渴望，知道我们的需要，祂就来亲自拯救我们。当我们自己不能飞的时候，祂把我们托起来，背在两翼之上。

Not long ago, I realized that I hadn't been invited to something that I would have liked to have participated in. It was surprising to feel excluded and forgotten. I wondered why I had been left out, but I was too embarrassed to ask, so I assumed there must have been a reason for it. In that weak moment, it was hard not to draw the conclusion that I had been excluded on purpose.

At times when we might feel insecure or unwanted, it is natural to feel hurt and alone. Feelings of isolation can create an ache in our hearts and a tiredness in our bones. We yearn for friendship and understanding. Ironically, when we feel that way, it can be hard to connect with others even if they do reach out to us—because we've begun to feel out of touch and unwanted.

Humanly speaking, there might not be anyone who can truly care for us in the way that we need to be cared for. Our hurts can sometimes be too deep for words to express. What we need is to be held and carried up over our troubled situations.

Our Lord and Savior is the only one who can truly do that. God sees us, knows what we need, and comes to save us. He scoops us up and carries us when we are not capable of flying ourselves.