As a child, the sting of shame is not felt but as we move into the moments where we can discern the voices of people we become vulnerable to this feeling. Shame and inadequacy can creep in as we navigate life's challenges. I recently felt this while searching for a solution to a problem, feeling lost without a plan.
As I walked around the busy streets of the city I reside in, in search of a suitable firm to fix my application I became so aware of the reality of waking up without a fixed plan for my day, and in that moment I felt inadequately ashamed.
I can recall listening to a random conversation with an acquaintance who couldn't show up in her family home because she was not yet married another spoke of not having kids and another conversation trailed on to life issues that made us feel ashamed and inadequate.
Have you been stuck in this moment lately?
Are there moments in your life that you call and still feel the stinging shame of the times?
But God knew these moments would come in our life and so he gave us a way out. I have learned to pray during this time, I ask Jesus to reveal Himself to me. Seeing His face shifts my focus from shame to His goodness. When the psalmist wrote this scripture, he had known what it meant to be stuck and he encountered the light of God that brought to the place of a victor.
Psalm 34:5 (NIV)
Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
Would you say this prayer with me:
"And so Lord I thank you because this doesn't end or break me,
Thank you for this moment where I am radiated by your light and your goodness,
I ask above all else that you would fill me with peace and in that package joy should be the wrap so I would know no sadness.
May this season be to your glory and may your light continue to shine in my heart."
Thank you, Jesus, Amen.
Beloved, may Jesus shine forth his light in your heart as you look and see him.
Stay Revived!
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