This past Sunday, in our second installment of the "Four Dark Riders of the Heart" series, we looked at how the Gospel of God's Grace deals with our shame. Like the previous week, I referred to material from The Gospel App by Bill Senyard that I am happy to pass along as a resource. Click Here for a link to the book.
What Is Shame?
Shame is a powerful negative self-assessment that something is innately wrong with you. You are broken, a loser, a failure, dirty, unloveable, a joke and intrinsically not-right. The core fear of a shamed Christian is that no matter what you do, you will never ever be worthy of God’s love and favor again.
The Gospel App – p. 39
Because you feel “wrong” you may . . . .
- Experience self-despising and criticism
- Experience depression
- Exerience anxiety or worry
- Isolate from others (including God)Not forgive yourself and assume that others (God included) don’t as well (paranoid loneliness).
- Act out in defensiveness
- Exhibit anger at the person or institution that shamed you
- Exhibit anger at yourself
- Exhibit self-destructive behaviors
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