Shedding Shame

Recently I did a presentation in front of some “important” people. It was interesting because I had everything planned out perfectly. However, as God would have it the presentation turned out differently. The Lord wanted me to share something personal with the audience that I did NOT want to share. In fact, as it got closer to my presentation time, I privately struggled with “sharing my business.”

I battled with feeling ashamed that people would look down on me or think differently about who they thought I was in Christ.  

I asked myself the question before standing up. Do I really care what people think? To a certain degree I do care.  However, I care much more about what God thinks. I knew I had to do what He wanted. He required I “shed my shame and go for it!” The room was silent. Did it work? I don’t know.

I do know one thing. Time will only tell whether or not my story made an impact on the people in the room. Even if it didn’t impact them… it sure impacted me.