FINDING COVER FOR OUR GUILT AND SHAME (11 OF 11)
Scripture: Genesis 3:6-10
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Title: Finding Cover For Our Guilt and Shame (11 of 11)
Series: Mind Games and Emotional Gains
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: Genesis 3:6-10
I want to start by sharing two, one from the wide world of sports and the other from literature.i
Back in 1966 England won the Soccer/football World Cup. After their victory, Bobby Moore, the team captain, had the honor of climbing the steps at Wembley Stadium to receive the trophy from the Queen. It was a proud and historic moment. After the event he was asked how he felt. Moore confessed that he was uncomfortable and terrified. He noticed the Queen, nicely dressed, holding the trophy, and wearing white gloves while his hands were covered in dirt from the match. Not only was he supposed to receive the trophy from the Queen but shake her hand. As he walked the steps, he was frantically trying to wipe his hands clean on his equally dirty jersey and shorts.
The other story comes from Shakespeare's MacBeth, a story some of you may be familiar or, if like me, a troglodyte, you have probably heard bits and pieces without knowing where the quotes and references originated. In the story, Lady MacBeth, who encourages her husband to murder King Duncan, becomes so burdened by her involvement in the act cannot escape the thought of it, not even in her sleep. As she sleepwalks, she sees blood on her hands and desperately but unsuccessfully tries to wash the imaginary blood off. "Will these hands ever be clean?!" "Out, damned spot!" she cries.
These stories are representative of two troubling emotional states that haunt the human condition.
- One is shame, the feeling that we are unclean, unacceptable, unworthy, in the eyes of others and even ourselves.
- The other is guilt, the knowledge that we have done something wrong and are to blame.
The stories also represent a deep-seated human desire, the desire to be cleansed, accepted, and forgiven. And we know, as Bobby Moore, who tried to clean dirty hands with dirty cl ...
Series: Mind Games and Emotional Gains
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: Genesis 3:6-10
I want to start by sharing two, one from the wide world of sports and the other from literature.i
Back in 1966 England won the Soccer/football World Cup. After their victory, Bobby Moore, the team captain, had the honor of climbing the steps at Wembley Stadium to receive the trophy from the Queen. It was a proud and historic moment. After the event he was asked how he felt. Moore confessed that he was uncomfortable and terrified. He noticed the Queen, nicely dressed, holding the trophy, and wearing white gloves while his hands were covered in dirt from the match. Not only was he supposed to receive the trophy from the Queen but shake her hand. As he walked the steps, he was frantically trying to wipe his hands clean on his equally dirty jersey and shorts.
The other story comes from Shakespeare's MacBeth, a story some of you may be familiar or, if like me, a troglodyte, you have probably heard bits and pieces without knowing where the quotes and references originated. In the story, Lady MacBeth, who encourages her husband to murder King Duncan, becomes so burdened by her involvement in the act cannot escape the thought of it, not even in her sleep. As she sleepwalks, she sees blood on her hands and desperately but unsuccessfully tries to wash the imaginary blood off. "Will these hands ever be clean?!" "Out, damned spot!" she cries.
These stories are representative of two troubling emotional states that haunt the human condition.
- One is shame, the feeling that we are unclean, unacceptable, unworthy, in the eyes of others and even ourselves.
- The other is guilt, the knowledge that we have done something wrong and are to blame.
The stories also represent a deep-seated human desire, the desire to be cleansed, accepted, and forgiven. And we know, as Bobby Moore, who tried to clean dirty hands with dirty cl ...
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