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Driven by guilt and shame

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Those who try to Guilt and shame others into certain behavior are themselves usually influenced or driven by guilt and shame.We do who we are. 

The further away from God's *design we operate the more guilt and shame we experience and the more guilt and shame drives us and becomes our modus operandi (i.e. the way we operate).

Instead of changing the behavior causing our guilt and shame we often seek to get others to approve our behavior in an attempt to find relief.

Because we are designed to **give and receive Love but are not properly able to do so unless "plugged in" to the Source of love, we never operate as we were designed but are always operating with guilt and shame (though we typically are not fully conscious of it unless some event triggers and surfaces it).

The more we operate with guilt and shame the lower our sense of value/worth i.e. The more worthless we feel. 

This is why we are constantly trying to do things to make ourselves feel more important/significant.

**"Positively" by outdoing/performing others. Negatively by criticizing others in order to feel better about ourselves.

As a result we try to avoid things that make us feel worthless like acknowledging our mistreating others causing guilt and shame.

The only way to be freed from this cycle of bondage is the grace of God (the good news/gospel) found in Jesus Christ.

For a further discussion of why we avoid the cause of guilt and shame click here.

For a further discussion of the cause and removal of guilt and shame click here.

For a discussion on the futility of indulging in guilt and shame click here and here.


For a discussion on our being designed for greatness/glory click here and here. 
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*we are like God, designed for love. God is love, giving and receiving it back again. We need love (God); to receive it and reflect it out to others and back to him. When we operate in this way we are most complete.

**as God rebellious image bearers void (due to that rebellion) of the Source (i.e. God) of love, we attempt to get and take love instead of give and receive it as we were designed. At some level we know this. For a further discussion on this point click here. 

***I am putting "positively" in quotes because even though it is generally considered constructive behavior it is still behavior in an attempt to bolster our own sense of worth outside of God.



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