Scars

 

I’ve seen lots of patients for follow ups after they had surgery.  I’m impressed by the lack of scarring that they had from their procedures. I had knee surgery last year and I can’t even see a mark on my knee. Many surgeries are now being done endoscopically, which speeds up the healing and leaves less scarring.

 

God is the Great Healer. He can heal us physically and He also provides emotional and spiritual healing. He can heal relationships or anything else that is broken in our lives. He is a God of great compassion. When He heals our heart or spirit or relationship, He heals without leaving a scar. We can be confident in this, knowing that Jesus didn’t just make people a little better, He healed them completely.

 

When Jesus appeared to the disciples after His resurrection, He invited them to see the marks on His hands and side. Since His resurrected body was perfect, these weren’t scars but rather marks or testimonies of His great love and sacrifice.  In the same way, God may leave marks in us to testify as to what He has done for us.

 

We may not be able to avoid physical scars because our bodies are naturally subject to decay. However, if something has left us scarred on the inside, we can and should ask Jesus to heal that scar, placing ourselves in His hands and trusting in His care.

 

The psalmist knew that,  ”He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3).  May we also experience this in our lives.

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