Shame On Me

What if the shame you’ve been carrying was never yours to keep?

In this episode of The Script Pod, Pastor Matthew Herel explores the story of the woman who enters Simon the Pharisee’s house carrying a reputation everyone seems to know — and encounters a Jesus who knows exactly who she is, yet refuses to push her away.

She comes asking for nothing. She simply wants to honour Him. But in His acceptance, she receives something she may not have expected: freedom from shame.

While Simon sees her past and thinks her shame should keep its distance, Jesus does the opposite. He allows it to come close. He takes it upon Himself. And in doing so, He reveals something at the heart of the gospel: Jesus did not come to make us better at hiding our shame. He came to take it from us.

From the fig leaves of Eden to the foot of the cross, Scripture tells the same story — our own coverings will never be enough. Only God can provide the covering we truly need, and that covering comes at a cost to Him, not to us.

Your past may still shape how people see you. Your reputation may still follow you into certain rooms.

But from heaven’s perspective, your shame has already been taken away.

Jesus took it.

Shame on you? No. Shame on Me.