Many people suffer from shame at Christmas. Sometimes we are ashamed because of our genuine guilt. The Bible offers forgiveness for our guilt. This is the blood of Christ shared for the forgiveness of your sins. But shame is often more difficult than guilt.
Shame means guilt, but it also carries with it a sense of dishonor and disgrace.
Sometimes we feel dishonor even though we have not committed sin, or even though we have been forgiven of our sins. We may feel that people know too much about us and that they think poorly about us. I think we often feel shame when we don t need to. People often have great difficulty dealing with shame. We have rituals for many crisis events in the lives of our friends.