I’m reflecting on several different causes of shame this week. We’ve talked about: When people make us feel bad about ourselves because of how we are/who we are/what we look like. Shame that comes from unrepented sin. Shame that stays with us even after our Father has forgiven us. We sometimes think that we cannot […]
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I’ve asked God for forgiveness for several “big” sins throughout my life. Afterward, I felt His grace upon me, yet continued to beat myself up over the sin. I couldn’t forgive myself for the thing that God forgave me for. I had trouble letting go of the shame. This is problematic on several levels: It
When I think of shame, I think of Adam and Eve hiding from God in their nakedness, their measly fig leaf coverings (Genesis 3:7b) unable to cover their sin. As a child, I remember whenever I did something “wrong,” my mother would say, “Wait until your father gets home.” That waiting, that impending doom was
Up until a few years ago, I was a “theistic evolutionist.” My husband talked till he was blue in the face to change my mind, but I was stuck in my views. Then, I actually read Darwin’s book (well, a little of it). I never had before. I just based my beliefs on what my
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