Sunday

Sunday morning sure was a cold one! I'll be glad for summer to get here! Hopefully this snow storm is the last of the season! But on a positive note, I think what I enjoy the most about winter is making a fire in the fireplace and sitting in front of it with a blanket. It's even more cozy when as your sitting in front of the fireplace,, you look outside and watch snowflakes falling! That's my favorite part of winter.

We didn't have very many kids or adults at church on Sun. I think the cold kept everyone inside! We had six kids so Sunday School was actually kind of quiet.

After church was over, we worked for a bit and had lunch together. We painted some more trim --- we are over halfway done and hope to order the carpet soon! Of course, we were hoping to have ordered it last month. We'll see!

Pastor Joe is teaching a series on Baptism for Sunday School at 10 am. He preached a message titled "Your Failures Are Not Final"

Some hightlights of the message:
The result of sin................is SHAME.
The result of shame is separation......with others & even God!

Adam and Eve hid themselves not because they were guilty, but because they were ashamed.

Shame can be brought upon a person in many ways:
Abuse
Rejection
Failure

Shame is often confused with guilt.
But guilt and shame are not the same.

Shame: the painful feeling of the loss of self-respect.
Shame is a grudge we have against ourselves.

Guilt: is FROM the sin or offense that is deserving of blame or punishment and rejects the act as wrong.
Shame: rejects the one who has committed the sin or offense.

Guilt says "I have done wrong, I have failed"
Shame says "I am wrong, I am a failure"

Shame makes you not like who you are.

The Bible is full of people who failed in life:
Adam & Eve
Sampson
David
Solomon (the wisest man ever)
Peter

"your failures can be the seeds of your success"

God cannot love you against your will, you have to let him love you......................

For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
1 John 3:20

If you feel you have shame, pray and ask God to bring complete and total deliverance!
So much healing can come when we are delivered or healed from shame.

Blessings to you today!