Scars Tell A Story That Give God Glory

Nikki Hixson

Scars: They’re neat.  Some are big.  Some are small. Some are extremely noticeable, others you need a microscope.  When you rub your finger across some you can feel exactly where the wound happened.  Others, however, feel very smooth like nothing ever took place.  Everyone’s are different. The one thing all scars have in common is this: they tell a story.  I love scars for that very reason.  Scars tell a story of the wound that took place.  The neat thing about scars though is that they only appear once the wound has been healed.  Dictionary.com defines scar like this- a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.

So, what’s the big deal about scars? How does this relate to Jesus, Nikki?  Well, I’m glad you asked.

I believe this very same thing is true with the wounds and scars on our hearts.  It is safe to say that all of us have experienced some crappy stuff in this life.  We’ve experienced heartache, loss, tragedy, brokenness, etc. and each time we’ve experienced these things, they have created wounds on our hearts.  Deep wounds, big wounds, small wounds, all different types of wounds, but each wound in desperate need of healing.  Once healed if we allow God into those hurtful places, that wound becomes a scar.  A scar that tells a story that gives God glory.

Whenever I was 13 years old my brother passed away in a house fire at the age of 20.  I was angry at God and it took Him quite some time to heal that wound on my heart.  However, once He did, that scar allowed many people to know of God’s faithfulness in my life even through my brother’s death.  One example is a few years after he passed away, a man that went to my church lost his son to a drug overdose.  After the funeral, the father wanted to talk to me.  He wanted to know how I made it through my brother’s death.  He wanted to know how I could still have joy.  He wanted to be able to have the hope that I did and know that he was going to be okay. 

READ PSALM 147:3 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4

God will never waste your pain.  Your wounds, once healed, will be able to paint a beautiful picture for someone else of God’s faithfulness and He will receive much glory.  You will also be able to comfort someone in a way that you would not have been able to if had you not experienced that wound.  As kids, whenever we would fall down or hurt ourselves somehow, we would go around saying, “I have a boo boo” or “look at my boo boo”.   We were proud of our wounds and our scars because they told a neat story.  Well, the neatest story of them all is how faithful the Creator of the world is to one by one heal your wounds.  Be bold.  Tell your story.  And allow your scars to tell a story that will give God glory.