And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

Genesis 9:22 (NKJV)

There will be people who reject you because they cannot accept you for your flaws or shortcomings, just as Ham despised Noah when he saw his father's nakedness. Rather than “covering your nakedness”, they opt to highlight your weaknesses and shortcomings. Covering does not imply hiding. It is about someone who shields your vulnerabilities and weak points while also empowering you to develop the character and fortitude to overcome these flaws.

Praise God that we have discovered this someone in Christ.

All of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:27 (Expanded Bible)

After disobeying God, Adam and Eve were aware of their nakedness. This realisation caused them to flee from God, but God covered their nakedness with garments of skin (Genesis 4:22). This God-given garment was symbolic of Christ covering us in His righteousness, without which, we remain naked and humiliated in sin.

According to the Apostle Paul, to be clothed in Christ is to be made right with God. However, allowing guilt and shame to take hold again prevents God's grace from working in your life. Self-condemnation is ungodly sorrow because it does not bring you back to God but rather drives you away from Him.

It is bad to feel bad since guilt and shame produce nothing good. When you punish yourself for your feelings of self-loathing and personal failure, you are rejecting the mercy and grace that you can receive from God in your moment of need.

Godly sorrow, on the other hand, leads to repentance. (2 Corinthians 7:10) To repent is to return back to your Father God, from whom you live and move and have your being. In Christ, you are not naked anymore—for He has already fully covered your nakedness with His perfections.

When you come to grasp your rightful place in Christ, you will no longer be afraid to confront the sinful thinking and behaviour that harms your relationship with God. Then you are more likely to extend the grace you have received to others, not to humiliate or mock their nakedness, but to cover them through Christ’s righteousness.