You'll never believe this! But I was walking to work (again!)...and I had some thoughts!!
my thoughts were about...shame...
I was thinking about what happens when we are aware, or not even aware, of what we do with shame on our lives.
It's probably what you would call, our 'relationship with shame.'
You don't realize the times when you feel shame in your life, other than it being an obvious overwhelming emotion that paralyzes you from the inside out...but this relationship disguises itself in a way that sometimes is hard to identify...and I was thinking about it this morning, as we unknowingly act out a persona or story with this 'shame.'
You know in those films where there is a scene, and someone pretends like they don't know someone, and acts like everything is okay in their presence, but away from their friends, they know this person?
Its like this relationship with shame...you befriend this unpopular reaction called shame that hangs around with you, but until you get into the presence of the Almighty God, we pretend like we don't know anything about it...and that we are okay. We almost live these two separate characters, one that cultivates this shame , but when we pray, talk with God, or let him search our hearts, we automatically pretend like we don't know this character called 'shame.' Our hearts then become discouraged from not feeling like we are known, as we actually don't allow God to permeate our entire being when we commune with him...and let us be KNOWN by him...
However in Psalm 34:1-4 it talks about looking and seeking after the Lord, delivering us from all our fears and troubles, and our faces will become radiant, which will not blush for shame, or be confused.
...its about being in his presence with every part of you, enquiring and seeking after the Lord with our faces turned to him, and that shame lifting as we look to him, and are left radiant.
Our relationship with shame then begins to lose its grip...and you are then able to walk in the unveiled glory without confusion of who you are in him....
my thoughts were about...shame...
I was thinking about what happens when we are aware, or not even aware, of what we do with shame on our lives.
It's probably what you would call, our 'relationship with shame.'
You don't realize the times when you feel shame in your life, other than it being an obvious overwhelming emotion that paralyzes you from the inside out...but this relationship disguises itself in a way that sometimes is hard to identify...and I was thinking about it this morning, as we unknowingly act out a persona or story with this 'shame.'
You know in those films where there is a scene, and someone pretends like they don't know someone, and acts like everything is okay in their presence, but away from their friends, they know this person?
Its like this relationship with shame...you befriend this unpopular reaction called shame that hangs around with you, but until you get into the presence of the Almighty God, we pretend like we don't know anything about it...and that we are okay. We almost live these two separate characters, one that cultivates this shame , but when we pray, talk with God, or let him search our hearts, we automatically pretend like we don't know this character called 'shame.' Our hearts then become discouraged from not feeling like we are known, as we actually don't allow God to permeate our entire being when we commune with him...and let us be KNOWN by him...
However in Psalm 34:1-4 it talks about looking and seeking after the Lord, delivering us from all our fears and troubles, and our faces will become radiant, which will not blush for shame, or be confused.
...its about being in his presence with every part of you, enquiring and seeking after the Lord with our faces turned to him, and that shame lifting as we look to him, and are left radiant.
Our relationship with shame then begins to lose its grip...and you are then able to walk in the unveiled glory without confusion of who you are in him....
2 comments:
that's a nugget - thank you for putting it so 'simply'..bless you love M.
Helpful, and thought provoking. I think you should live 10 minutes away from LST so you can delight me daily with your travel philosophising at coffee break.
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