Scars

I was having a conversation with somebody close to me. They asked me if I ever had times that my faith wavered. I responded that there are times that I grow discouraged and weary. But in those times I have to believe that God’s plans and timing are better than mine.

Then they began talking about how they have repeatedly cried out to God about past wounds. They have prayed for so long and they still remain. Sometimes it makes them wonder if there is a God looking out for us.

Your past is a part of you, it forms who you are. For good or for bad. God can’t completely take away your past. Where there is a deep wound, scars will always remain (at least here on earth). But He will allow you to use your scars to reach others. Scars can remind you where you have been.

I have a scar on my knee. It’s a pretty nasty scar from my childhood. I had cut myself running in the yard with my cousins. My cousins and I had a bright idea to fix it ourselves. I had seen my sister get stitches and I wanted no part of it! So, we snuck inside to the bathroom and tried to fix it ourselves. By the time my mom found us, it was too late to get stitches. The cut ended up healing. But since the wound was pretty deep, it left a pretty good size scar. Every time I look at it, I remember what happened. But one thing about the scar is that it no longer hurts. There is no pain there, only memories.

It’s that way with our past scars. God will heal you and the pain from the wound will go away. But sometimes the scar remains. They remain not to cause you more pain, distress and distrust. They remain so that you can see them and remember what God has brought you through. You can see your scars and remember the pain. Or, you can see the scars and remember the healing.

It all takes time, when you are wounded there is a healing process. Don’t allow your faith to waiver in the moments of discouragement & weariness. Don’t allow the pain to make you lose your faith. Allow the pain to let you seek God. Let Him heal you. Choose to see the healing! Choose to remember the good that has come from the scars!

Don’t get caught up by the scars that remain. Allow them to remind you of where you have been and who you might be able to help now. Don’t allow your scars to paralyze you. Your scars can be the very thing that reaches the next person for Jesus.

“The Lord is close to all whose hearts are crushed by pain, and he is always ready to restore the repentant one. Even when bad things happen to the good and godly ones, the Lord will save them and not let them be defeated by what they face.”

Psalm 34:18-19 TPT