You know the feeling. The one you get when you think you’re not good enough. The one that convinces you you’ve done something too awful to forgive. That’s shame holding you back. And it’s time to break free and start living Unashamed
Shame Off You
I spent the first twenty-two years of my life shackled by shame. Looking back, I realize I had always felt it. It had been a part of my life from my earliest memories.
I felt it when I was rejected. Made to feel unworthy. Of no value. I felt it when I was abused. And couldn’t tell anyone. And believed it was somehow my fault. I felt it when I tried to hide who I was, apologize for who I was, minimize my talents, or overachieve and compensate for feeling somehow “less than.”
Have you felt it? If you’re human, you have—and the result is always the same.
Shame makes us feel small. Flawed. Not good enough. And controlled.
Shame is the fear of being unworthy, and it adversely affects our relationship with God, ourselves, and others.
