Scars that change our lives...

Working on this Sunday's message and I'm thinking about Scars, emotional/spiritual cuts that God has been healing, and how some of them actually lead to life change. This Sunday we'll talk a little about One of Trevor's scars. When he was about 2 years old Andi and I were getting around on Sunday morning for church when we heard Trevor screaming. We ran into the living room to find him standing next to the ironing board, HOLDING THE IRON! He was screaming because it was on and he was burning his right hand, the hand holding the hot part! For several weeks he couldn't close his hand because of the huge blister that covered his whole palm and went up to the first knuckle on each finger. Bad. I don't think Trevor ever reached for an iron again. And I sure know that he has absolutely no desire to pick one up even today! Sometimes the scars we receive in life actually teach us a lesson. Keep us from doing things that will hurt us.

The Bible says that God disciplines His children so they grow. So we learn a lesson. So we become more like His Son, Jesus. The scar from our sin then, actually acts like a string tied on our finger, to remind us of the pain committing that sin will bring. And sometimes, through the scars we receive in life, God actually reveals His grace, mercy and love to us. So that in that scar we might see Him - instead of the sin that cut us so deeply.

Instead of hating your scars why not let your scars be a warning and a light to others. A warning so they might not make the same mistakes and a light by which they might see the grace of God and experience the forgiveness of sin.