I was recently with a group of our Celebrate Recovery leaders. I mentioned this I believe in Monday’s blog. There was a statement made by one of the folks I’d heard before but forgotten it. The statement is, “God is a gentleman when it comes to how He deals with us and our sins.” Everything He does with us is done to help us see the sin as such and to come back to Him. He even created us to sense guilt when we have done wrong. The guilt is personal so no one else knows it but ourselves. If man were in charge of this, in most cases, the world would know of our wrongs and we’d be shamed. This is exactly what Satan wants man to do–create shame.

As I look back on my life I cannot put a finger on any time when God used my own sins or those done to me to shame me in public. I was scared to death of this happening, but it never did. God is such a gentleman. I can say however, that I had thought God either created this fear in me or allowed this fear to punish me only to eventually find that man’s choices were responsible for it–not God. God waited and continued to wait for me to recognize this and begin to believe the truth that He will always be a gentleman as I come to Him.

Helping others see God in the True Light of Who He is, is a genuine blessing. Knowing God is not only with me, but His Spirit is within me is such a powerful blessing. I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus who is God’s Greatest Gift to you and me!