Shame…

Shame: a painful emotion caused by the consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety—a condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute. Something that brings reproach or regret.

Shame is one of Satan and man’s favorite tools when wishing to hurt or simply shake the ground you are standing.

Satan, his game is to separate. We all make mistakes. We all fall short. This is scripture, not to be confused with a free ticket to sin but a knowledge granted to us by God. He knows we will mess up; this is his grace; however, Satan will twist your shame into such a gigantic convoluted ball of mess that we feel unable to even look toward God, let alone talk to him.

Man, he is used by satan all the time and is often more effective. We are judged harshly by man, and the more you try to walk right, the quicker your mistakes will be slapped in your face. People will try and undermine your relationship with God. “You claim to be a Christian, but…” many of us have and hear it like clockwork… it’s a valuable tool to undermine.

The key to try and remember is; God doesn’t think, act, or react like a man. He isn’t sitting in heaven waiting for the next mess up so he can convict and persecute; that’s our neighbor and satan’s lie. God is seated patiently waiting for you to look up, tear-stained face and all to approach the throne of righteousness and forgiveness.

Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

John 3:17 ESV “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”

Psalms 105:4 NIV “Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.”

Seek his face always: praise during the good, especially in the horrible, whether clean or dirty, with or without shame… It still means just that Always!!!

Conclusion; we all fall short, we know God already expected this, there is no condemnation in the Lord, so if your conscious is bothering you take your shame to the cross however if the shame comes from words spoken to harm and hurt take them to the arms on the cross.

I hope you can be a blessing to someone today. I am blessed by you, who take the time daily to share our Lord with me. Be blessed 🥰