How can you deal with shame? Look into Jesus’ eyes!

We feel shame when we fail to live up to our own expectations or those of others. We may bring shame on ourselves or on others by our actions. The Twelve experienced a heavy load of shame on Holy Thursday. Their failures are all recorded for the world in the New Testament, but Jesus was not ashamed to call them brothers, made his power perfect through their weaknesses, and empowered them to live without shame and with a new identity: forgiven children of God.