Thank God For My Scars!

Go ahead, just look at the lines and marks of your journey. The common wisdom calls them ugly reminders. In the light of God’s purpose they are beautiful trophies. God has a purpose and plan for your scars, and you. The Bible says that God knits us together in our mother’s wombs. That means that God made my heart with holes in it. It also means that God chose for me to be born in a time when medical technology had developed and in a place where it was available to fix my heart. He decided I would be born to parents who would fix me, not abandon me to die from my condition. You see I have scars to remind me everyday of just how much God loves me. Do you have scars? Do you have emotional or psychological scars because of a circumstance or situation? Jesus had some scars, when Jesus rose from the grave Thomas needed proof. He needed to see the scars in Jesus hands and side. These scars became part of the fabric of evidence to prove that the Resurrection was not a rumor or a figment of his imagination brought about by grief and denial. The Resurrection was real. To Thomas, that is what the scars of Jesus meant -- the Resurrection is real, and because the Resurrection was real it was documented proof that when we suffer with Him we have victory through Him. If you have any scars, Praise God! Because He’s given you a means to show the world how He takes care of us and heals us through any means He chooses. Yes, we may have been hurt at one time; people may have criticized us and spoken evil about us—even people who belong to our church family. Through the years we have developed scars because of it, and yes, some scars are the result of sinful choices we’ve made. But remember, when God forgives sin, he forgives it all. And the scars that remain are not to remind us of our failures, but of God’s victory over sin, of His grace and mercy toward us, and of His provision in our lives.

And remember this too; God doesn’t give us scars to remind us that we have been hurt. God gives us scars to remind us that we have been healed, we’ve been delivered; and we’ve been set free! Although Paul endured attacks upon his ministry, he reminded those involved (the Galatians church) his scars showed that belonged to Jesus. Thank God for scars! They may look ugly to some, but to me they are so, so, beautiful. Amen.