A Letter to the Woman Wrestling with Shame
Do you long for freedom in your life? Have you wrestled against the knots of sin and shame?
I remember when I was in college, sitting in confession with our campus chaplain and crying. I was struggling with major sins in my life, and it felt like I wasn’t making much progress in becoming the woman God created me to be.
I remember distinctly saying “I’m struggling. I don’t have it together. But everyone things I’m fine. That I’m okay. That I have it all together. And I don’t want them to think I don’t. Would anyone want to be friends with me, to be in conversation with me, if they knew what I was going through?”
It’s easy to believe the lies from the devil that are haunting our hearts as women.
The lies that we are too much, or not enough.
The lies that everyone sees our brokenness and doesn’t care, or that people would run away if they knew the pain on our heart.
But Christ sings truth over our stories. And he invites us to freedom. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by shame or afraid of vulnerability, sister, this letter is for you.
Topics we talked about in this episode:
The beauty of healthy vulnerability and sharing our stories with others
Why vulnerability is a gift, not a weakness
How to discern sharing your heart and your story with others
Ways that women uniquely wrestle with shame and fear
How to strive for wholeness and healing in your identity as a bride of Christ
Our Lady Undoer of Knots
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