Let it go

 

  How many of you were told "Shame on you" for some minor mistake when you were growing up?  Did you know that shame is the LOWEST vibration on Earth?  

  The reason putting shame on others is because it makes the person the problem and not what was done.  Look, we're ALL sinners and we all know it.  For a parent to put shame on a child they are crippling the child for life.  Bosses shouldn't do this either.  

  Nobody should put themselves in the place of God to put shame on someone else.  In fact, as we learn in today's devotional, even GOD doesn't shame people.  God knows we're sinners and yet HE loves us.  This takes some thinking as we ponder how we treat other people when they dissapoint us or sin against us.

  

  God says "Release shame to me."  How do you do that?  For me, I see a balloon full of what I'm trying to release to God--shame, hatred, jealousy.  Whatever is keeping me from feeling His love, I see as filling a balloon that sits right in front of my face.  I look through that balloon and see all of life as hopeless.

  You can do this.  See all of the ugly emotions that you don't seem to be able to get rid of as filling a balloon.  Now see yourself holding that balloon.  Now open your hand and let it go.  Watch it soar up to Heaven until you can't see it any more.  That's how I release the things that keep me from fully serving the Lord.  You may have another way.  The point is to give it to God.  This will please Him sooo much.

  Gotta go make supper.  

  

I Hear His Whisper...

Release shame to me.

My blood is the fire of purity that washes every sin away. To hold on to shame is to refuse the gift that I’ve given you—the gift of freedom. Maintaining those feelings of guilt won’t make you a better person. Accept my forgiveness and forgive yourself, and I will heal your heart and set you free. Put sin behind you. Once you’ve repented for what you’ve done or neglected to do, I’ve forgiven you. If you haven’t asked for forgiveness, you only need to ask, and I will pour it out like rain. My mercy is never-ending, and there is nothing my mercy does not cover. I don’t want you to live with a mindset of What if I would have…? or What if I wouldn’t have…? Don’t allow the past to hold such a strong grip on you that you forget the price I paid to set you free. Guilt is a trap of the enemy—a ploy to keep you so focused on yourself and your mistakes that you lose sight of my grace. If you will come to me today and give me your shame, I will heal your heart. Forgive yourself and embrace my grace.

I Hear His Whisper written by Brian Simmons and Gretchen Rodriguez

John 8:36 TPT

“If the Son sets you free from sin, then become a true son and be unquestionably free!”