Unshackled Moments ~ June 20 ~ Beautiful Scars

Sometimes it hurts to look at ourselves and the scars of the past. It's easy to feel like if there is a scar that shows that we haven't been completely healed and restored. But our scars serve an important purpose. They are a reminder to us of where we have been, what we have gone through, and what God has delivered us from. They also make a great statement to others, declaring God's glory and power. If no one can imagine that I've really been to hell and back because of the smoothness of my skin, then I am robbed of one of my two greatest assets. We overcome the enemy and win victories for God by the Blood of the Lamb and by the power of our testimony.

The power of our testimony is increased by the presence of our scars. We will not regret the past is not a promise of recovery because we are able to forget about it or pretend it didn't happen. The rest of the promise is that we will also not wish to shut the door on it. We will not get hung up on wishing our scars away. This is because we will see how our experience, our scars, can benefit others. Our scars become our passports into the hearts of those we would serve.

Today let us not despise our scars are get bitter that God has not removed them as He healed us. Let us be thankful for the doors they open, the power they provide and the memory they give of God's grace and mercy in our lives. We can "make an altar build an altar with the rubble" that God rescued us from.