From Pastor J. Kevin Butcher’s book, Choose and Choose Again:The Brave Act of Returning to God’s Love, on something that especially plagues Christians with depression.
“Guilt is about what I do. Shame is about who I am. The antidote for guilt is forgiveness. Shame calls me to cease to exist…. knowing that we are forgiven but still feeling dirty is pathological shame.
… Shame keeps us from personalizing and taking into our hearts anything about God that gives us value and allows us to know, to feel, and to be secured in his love.”
