Monday, March 25, 2013

Shame...chains you to your past

Shame steals, kills and destroys your hope and future-you're unable to live in the present because you live life through your past shame. You're faced with a situation were you're not included and feelings of rejection begin to overwhelm you. You earnestly try to fight off the feelings-the more you fight...the more dismissed you feel. Then a wave of anger begins to grow inside of you-you just can't understand why this person would treat you this way. Your head is spinning and your heart is hurting. Logic tells you that you're over reacting, but your feelings are smothering you. Be careful...you've fallen into a pit-the enemy is like a roaring lion and will devour you at this point. Run to Jesus-He will help you!

You're experiencing two separate issues: 1) your feeling are hurt-you feel dismissed by a person 2) unresolved shame is distorting your perception; it's  a huge vacuum inside of you-screaming you don't matter, you're not valued and people dismiss you. You're aware that your feelings are hurt, but you don't realize that shame is fueling the emotions of intense hurt mixed with anger. Shame distorts your perception ...keeping the view of your present obscured. Until shame is flushed out with Jesus' love it will continue to control you. Let Jesus have it-He will go to work and won't stop-He needs your cooperation...let Him love all of you and expect Him to heal you. The enemy wants to convince you that it's others causing this pain...it's not. You're chained to your shame-only Jesus can restore you. Don't let shame take what Jesus died to give you. Jesus will cut the chains of shame off of you and heal you with His love...will you let Him? (2 Peter 5:8, John 14:23, John 10:10, Jer 29:11) 3/26/13LMM #shamechainsyou #christianinsightforlife

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