// SHAME //

Brene Brown:

Shame: intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed, and, therefore, unworthy of love and belonging.

Being “made in the image of someone” means to “bear witness or to honor the one we represent.”

Genesis 2:15-25

Genesis 3:8-13, 21

Sin:

Hebrew, “khata”; to miss the mark; failure to fulfill a goal

the failure to be truly human;

redefining our bad decisions as good ones

Apostle Paul, Greek: “hamartia”: a power or force that rules humans; enslaving; drives our selfish choices and behavior

Romans 3:23

Will you look up and see his eyes of love looking at you?

Whose am I? Who am I?

John 1:10-12

Romans 8:14-17

Who am I? I am a child of God.

Ephesians 1:1-6

Am I a child of God?

How is the knowledge of God’s love, grace and mercy towards me allowing shame to be disrupted and God’s truth to set me free?

Psalm 139:14-18, TPT)

Hebrews 7:25 [ESV]