5 letters, but the bondage this word brings is immeasurable. Shame has a way of creeping in to every crevice of your life, continually feeding you lie after lie after lie. I recently heard a sermon in which the pastor labeled temptation as a lie. These lies are sweetly whispered into our ears. We hear them, we believe them, and we act upon them.
You are . . . [fill in the blank].
A failure
Never going to be truly happy
Alone
It is . . . [fill in the blank]
Just one time
Harmless
No big deal
The power that shame can hold over a person can be crippling. Your thoughts, actions, words - they are all effected. Your life soon becomes a game in which the revealing of your "true identity" would, in your thoughts, end in heartbreak. No one can know this. That's it - you're convinced.
Another lie whispered and believed.
Another face hidden safely behind a mask.
Another heart hurting in the shadows of shame.
