Deadly seduction shame
“Shame is the most powerful emotion. It's the fear that we're good enough ¨ Brene Brown.
¨ At that time the man and the woman were naked, but neither of them was ashamed. ¨ –Genesis 2:25 NIV
Shame was something they had never experienced. As they had nothing to hide or have to explain, for them the word did not exist, much less was it necessary.
But an act of disobedience introduced them to a state for which they were not created, God never created man and woman to be
disobey. (Genesis 3: 7).
Sin leads us to see what we should not see or want what we should not want.
Shame comes after the fall of Adam and Eve, shame is the result of crossing the limits in our life.
Shame: it is the pain that a bad decision or misfortune produces, due to inappropriate behavior. (Ecclesiastes 7: 1)
Shame is not a bad emotion as long as it leads you to return to fellowship with the Lord.
One of the enemies in restoration is pride and it stops progress in restoring a life (Proverbs 16:18, 1. Peter 5: 5).
The psalmist David after having sinned with Bathsheba felt great shame that a repentance came upon him and wrote in Psalm 51: 1-4, Psalm 31: 1, 11-13
Solution to shame. Isaiah 61: 1-7
God's word is full of encouraging promises for his children.
God's desire is to give us everything we deserve, all by an act of grace.
To avoid falling into shame, the best way is not to do it again.
To expose yourself to shame is to expose yourself to losing everything and taking a very dangerous risk, the marriage must be managed with love, respect and fidelity.
Three practical tips to persevere.
Get rid of any weight that is holding you back from running the race.
This includes any idea or mindset that it will be an easy race, although no one wants to have to go through more than their own.
decisions have caused, it would be irrational to think that just because you repented and want restoration, everything will be easy.
Hebrews 12: 1
Do not tire of doing good.
The emotional and spiritual drain that a restoration process produces can discourage you until you stop doing good to others.
Take care of your heart and don't let cynicism, failure, and excessive exhaustion keep you from reaping the fruits of perseverance.
So let us not tire of doing good. In due time, we will reap numerous blessings if we do not give up. Galatians 6: 9
Turn any adversity into a training opportunity.
The Lord is more interested in what happens in us than in what we did, it is not what you did but where you are. (Genesis 3: 9)
He cares about our position, restoration is more than a condition of the heart, than a job position.
James 1: 2-3
In the restoration process, faith in what we believe and want will be vitally important to saving the marriage.