The End of Shame

Claire's Prayer

Then there is that shame.  Wrapped around me like poison ivy.  Sticking, stinging, spreading.  Growing invasively into every little corner of my life and crowding out every good thing my Beloved is whispering.  So invasive!  This is one that needs to be dragged out by the root leaving not even the tiniest piece in place!  Shame, as with Adam and Eve hiding their nakedness with leaves in the garden, makes us want to run and hide.  We can hide behind Netflix, a sarcastic tongue, Facebook, Tik Tok, our phone!  Food, exercise, work, our computer.  Anything to avoid coming face to face with our Beloved and looking into His eyes lest He discovers our shame!

But we know; β€œπ‘―π’† π’˜π’‚π’” π’‘π’Šπ’†π’“π’„π’†π’… 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’“π’†π’ƒπ’†π’π’π’Šπ’π’, 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’”π’Šπ’π’”. 𝑯𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒐 π’˜π’† 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 π’˜π’‰π’π’π’†. 𝑯𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’‘π’‘π’†π’… 𝒔𝒐 π’˜π’† 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅.” (Is 53:5)  This includes every single little poisonous leaf of shame!!!  Forgive me Father.  So complete was His work on the cross that shame was pulled up by the roots and cast as far as the East is from the West! (Psalm 103:12.)  Job 14:15-17 has to be one of my favorite verses when it comes to dealing with shame; β€œπ’€π’π’– π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 π’˜π’π’–π’π’… π’‚π’π’”π’˜π’†π’“, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’π’–π’π’… π’šπ’†π’‚π’“π’ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’†, π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’‰π’‚π’π’…π’Šπ’˜π’π’“π’Œ. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’π’–π’π’… π’ˆπ’–π’‚π’“π’… π’Žπ’š 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔, π’Šπ’π’”π’•π’†π’‚π’… 𝒐𝒇 π’˜π’‚π’•π’„π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’š π’”π’Šπ’π’”. π‘΄π’š π’”π’Šπ’π’” π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅 π’Šπ’ 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’Žπ’š π’ˆπ’–π’Šπ’π’•.” 

Your Beloved yearns for you because you are indeed His handiwork.  He is not waiting for you to sin so that He can jump on you with punishment but guarding your every step. His adoration and love for you is so perfect that he has sealed up your sin in a bag that can never again be opened and has covered all your guilt.  And it didn’t end there!  He cast those sins, sealed in that bag, as far as the East is from the West! Let Him in dear one, Let Him uproot that shame that has poisoned your love story, Let Him cast that shame away from you and instead come and hide under the shadow of your Bridegroom’s wing, (Ps 17:8) safe and secure in His loving care.  π—Ÿπ—²π˜ 𝗛𝗢𝗺.

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Hi - I'm Claire. I am married to the man of my dreams and have two of the most wonderful children anyone could ever hope to have. In fact my life is totally blessed. I fell in love with Jesus when I was very young and have been on an incredible journey with Him ever since. Some of it has been very tough and I find the very tough times were when I wasn't walking with Him or paying close attention to what He was saying! Now I find myself more in love with my Father than ever before - knowing that my journey is not even close to over! My prayer is that this blog will inspire you and perhaps even persuade you to look for the Lover of Your Soul and grow closer to Your Abba Father just like I did.

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