Shame On You!

Man, how many of us heard that statement made to us as children growing up? The normal phrase at my home would go something like this.....

"Barbie....you should know better...SHAME ON YOU!"

Ewwwwwww......how I hated to hear those words spoken to me and unfortunately, they were spoken MANY times to this hard-headed human being when I was young. I remember feeling terribly bad when my mother would say this. I remember I would feel as though I was the lowest of the low creatures on this earth, good for nothing and stupid beyond stupid:(

SHAME..........it is a terrible thing to bear for anyone. Webster's Dictionary defines SHAME like this:

the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: a fact or circumstance bringing disgrace or regret

SHAME keeps us in shackles and will keep us tethered to a wall of disgrace. We all carry it to some degree. All of us have things that we don't want to admit to others be it an action that we have taken, a huge mistake we've made or even pride. Mark T. even got up in church the other night to confess to the congregation that he had been harboring pride for a long time and it had ruined his witness on more than one occasion. It was powerful and THAT was the beginning of putting SHAME to a stop! The moment he spoke the words and called it what it was OUT LOUD, satan was defeated!

SHAME ON YOU???? IF there is, then don't let it stay there any longer. Take the steps to stop it in its' tracks. There is freedom in confession and admission. Don't you want to be free? SHAME has kept you hidden too long. Stand up tall, hang on to Jesus and don't be ashamed any longer.

If this speaks to you, then please know you're being prayed for.