Shame is a hard thing for people to deal with. Our natural thought is to hide it and hope no one else knows, but it eats away at us, eroding our spirits from the inside. Here, Paul encourages us to throw our shame into the light, for it is the best disinfectant. The light of Christ can redeem us, can redeem our past, can redeem us for the future. We cower in shame and listen to the lies of the enemy that tells us that our shame defines us, but when we expose them, we allow the grace of Christ to redefine us, to remind us of God's love for us, that we are made in the image of God and claimed in the waters of baptism.
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