SCARS

REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU ARE, I FEEL QUITE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ONE OR TWO VISIBLE SCARS DUE TO SOME SORT OF MISHAP, SOME OF US HAVE MORE THAN OTHERS.  WE ALL USUALLY REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE, WHEN OR HOW EACH SCAR GOT PLACED UPON OUR BODIES, NO MATTER HOW LONG AGO IT HAPPENED.  WE ARE STUCK WITH THESE SCARS AND WE LEARN TO DEAL WITH THEM NO MATTER WHAT.  WE HAVE NO CHOICE.  THROUGH CAR WRECKS AND OTHER CARELESS ACCIDENTS, I HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THESE VISIBLE REMINDERS.  I ONCE HATED MY SCARS, BUT TODAY, I SEE THEM AS FINGERPRINTS OF GOD.  SOUNDS RIDICULOUS, I KNOW, BUT I AM GOING TO TELL YOU WHY I FEEL THIS WAY.

I HAVE SEVERAL SMALL SCARS ON MY FACE FROM MORE THAN ONE CAR ACCIDENT.  IN EACH ACCIDENT, I WAS INJURED, BUT NOT LIKE I COULD HAVE BEEN.  EVEN WHEN I DIDNT KNOW IT, THE LORD WAS RIGHT THERE BY MY SIDE.  HE WAS THERE WHEN I CRAWLED OUT OF THE WINDOW OF AN UPSIDE DOWN VAN, WHEN I WAS EJECTED FROM A TRUCK AND ENDED UP IN A RAINSOAKED FIELD OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.  AND THOSE ARE ONLY THREE EXAMPLES.  IN EACH INSTANCE, I RECEIVED MINOR BODILY INJURY.  I RECEIVED SMALL SCARS WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD.  THATS WHY I SAY I BEAR THE FINGERPRINTS OF GOD.  THATS WHY I LOVE MY SCARS. 

IF YOU HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY SCARRED, I KNOW WITH CERTAINTY THAT YOU CARRY OTHER SCARS OF YOUR OWN.  IT IS EMOTIONAL SCARS OF WHICH I AM SPEAKING NOW.  NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, I KNOW THAT YOU, LIKE ME HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE OF THOSE.  CARELESS WORDS, ACTIONS AND HURTFUL INTENTIONS OF OTHERS LEAVE DEEP EMOTIONAL SCARS.  OUR OWN SELFISH ACTIONS CREATE DEEP EMOTIONAL GASHES.  PHYSICAL ABUSE, DRUG ABUSE AND LIFE IN GENERAL LEAVE US LOOKING LIKE FREDDIE KRUGER ON THE INSIDE.  IT IS THESE SCARS WHICH TAKE THE MOST TIME TO HEAL.  THESE SCARS REQUIRE MORE THAN NEOSPORIN AND STITCHES.  THESE SCARS CAN ONLY BE HEALED BY THE LOVE OF GOD!

THE LOVE OF GOD, THATS RIGHT.  WE MUST BE TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF THE MASTER IN ORDER FOR OUR EMOTIONAL SCARS TO HEAL.  BY HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE, OUR EMOTIONAL SCARS CAN DISAPPEAR.  NO MORE HATE, ENVY, SADNESS, CONFUSION, LONLINESS, CHAOS OR DESPAIR.  HE ALONE IS THE HEALER.  GOD IS THE ULTIMATE PHYSICIAN.  HE IS THE SPECIALIST, THE MASTER, THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY OVER ALL AREAS OF OUR LIVES.  BY SIMPLY ALLOWING HIM INTO OUR LIVES, GOD WILL HEAL OUR WOUNDS! 

AND AGAIN, I AM THANKFUL THIS MORNING!

PSALM 147:3  HE HEALS THE BROKENHEARTED AND BINDS THEIR WOUNDS

THANKS FOR READING MY "NOTE"
LOVE,
M