Shame comes to hide and divide but Jesus comes to find and dignify. Shame wants to separate us from God but God wants to separate us from shame.
Shame sets in early, but it's not the way it was supposed to be and it's not the way it will be. In the Garden (Genesis 3) God comes to find Adam and Eve hiding in their shame. At the well (John 4) Jesus comes to find the woman hiding in her shame. God comes to us in our shame to show us that he knows everything about us and still loves us.
