The Silence of Love vs. the Silence of Shame
- karenjuly1965
- Aug 24
- 3 min read
Updated: Aug 25
✨ Devotion
The Silence of Love vs. the Silence of Shame
(and four other ways Jesus teaches us to listen in stillness)
Silence is not all the same. Some silence wounds. Some silence heals. And the difference is found in Jesus.
When the world labels, gossips, or misunderstands us, shame tries to silence us. But Jesus shows us another way. His silence before Pilate wasn’t weakness — it was love. He entrusted Himself to the Father, who judges justly (Matthew 27:14; 1 Peter 2:23).
In our own lives, we may feel the sting of rejection, judgment, or being misunderstood. Yet God tells us: “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn.” (Isaiah 54:17).
This is not just survival — it’s sanctification. The fiery trials you face are not proof that you’ve failed, but proof that God is working in you. “Count it all joy, knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.” (James 1:2–3).
Friend, your silence can become the silence of love — the strength of trusting God to speak for you, the strength of letting Him shape your heart, the strength of waiting upon the Lord.
✨ Teaching Connection
This devotion connects to a deeper teaching about God’s Work of Salvation and Sanctification.
Salvation is God’s work for us — to believe and receive Jesus as Lord.
Sanctification is God’s work in us and with us — as we open His Word, seek first His Kingdom, and walk daily with Him.
Jesus said: “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33).
Notice that word “unto.”
It’s not about grasping for what we think we want — it’s about yielding ourselves unto God’s way, waiting on Him, and trusting that He knows what we truly need.
As Isaiah 40:31 promises:
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run,
and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
God adds what is needed, in His timing, when our lives are surrendered unto Him.
✨ Heart Moment
Sometimes the silence feels like isolation. But in Christ, silence becomes transformation.
In the stillness, God renews our strength.
In the waiting, He reveals His faithfulness.
And in the trials, He proves that Jesus abides in us.
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” (1 John 4:16).
✨ Closing Whisper
Friend, silence is not the end of your story. In Jesus, it’s the beginning of strength. Let His silence at the cross
become your strength in the trial. And let His resurrection remind you: no label, no gossip, no judgment has the final word — only Christ does.
✨ Closing Revelation
Friend, we’ve got to remember who God is.
Jesus is God — our Savior, our Redeemer, our only Hope.
He is the One who turns the silence of shame into the silence of love.
He is the One who meets us in our trials and shapes us through them.
If you’d like to dive deeper into how God’s work of salvation for us and His work of sanctification with us are shaping us daily, I invite you to explore more here at Hope in Today Ministries.
There you’ll find devotions, teachings, and heart reflections to strengthen your walk with Jesus and remind you of this truth:
God is at work in you, with you, through you, and for you.
“The question is not IF trials come, but HOW you walk through them — and more importantly, the HOPE you are holding on to.
Scripture defines our hope clearly: ‘God our Savior, and the Lord Jesus Christ’
(1 Timothy 1:1).
He alone is the anchor that holds.”
📌Hope in Today
Love and Prayers in Christ
,Karen Rowe
Hope in Today Ministries
📖 Author of The Train Whistle – a journey of faith and surrender
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