Morning by Morning,
February 13 - "Our Scars Tell Our Stories"
Good morning, Lord
Jesus. Good Shepherd, lead me beside Your still waters, as I listen for Your
leading to start my day embraced by the Father, centered in Christ, and filled
with the Holy Spirit. ...
"Then (Jesus) said to
Thomas, 'Put your finger here and see My hands. Reach out your hand and put it
in my side. Do not doubt but believe.' Thomas answered Him, 'My Lord and my
God!'" (John 20:27).
Last night after the
San Antonio Rodeo, I heard Mark Hall of Casting Crowns tell all of us who stayed
for a time of praise and worship, "Your scars are your stories." His words have
stuck with me. I'm sure as a youth pastor he's seen many times the scars of the
cuts inflicted by hurting and troubled young people as a way to express or
control the pain they feel inside. I've seen them too in our ministry of inner
healing. In a way, a scar is a sign of healing of what was once a
wound.
As Thomas and all Your
first disciples saw with their own eyes, You have scars too. Even in Your
Resurrected Body, Your scars remain. And You'll carry Your scars for all
eternity. Your scars are Your story of Your wounds for us, that we might be
healed and whole, forgiven and free. Our sins pierced Your hands and cut open
Your side. But when we reach out with our hearts to take hold of how much You've
sacrificed in unfailing love for each one of us, we fall to our knees in worship
to cry out like Thomas, "My Lord and my God!"
Then our scars - the
places where You've forgiven our sins, broken our chains, and healed our wounds
- become our stories. They're our stories of Your mercy and love, Your power and
grace. For there's no sin You'll not forgive, no chain You'll not break, no
wound You'll not heal if we'll humble our hearts to reach out in faith to trust
You and Your love for us, as best as we can and all by Your grace. In Jesus'
name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love
of Jesus, Tommy
Hays
My Friend, I
praise God for every place Jesus has healed you and freed you and forgiven you.
My your scars tell your stories of our awesome God's mercy and love in your
life. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy Hays | Messiah
Ministries
Healing from the Inside
Out
Pastoral Director | Rapha
God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Bldg
1
San Antonio, Texas
78257
