After this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. (John 20:20)
Every scar has a story. So it’s not the scar itself that holds the healing power, but the story behind it. The problem is that for many of us we carry the scar but have not completed the story. We’re just stuck in the pain. We haven’t been good stewards of our wounds. For until there is healing, there is no real value in the scar. It has no healing quality to it. So we must be good stewards of our pain. We must let God do his work in us through it. We must begin to understand the story behind our wounds and our scars, or they will never be of value to anyone, including ourselves.
Touch me and heal me, Lord Jesus. Bring me to life and raise me from the dead. Help me show others how you have raised me, healed me, and made me whole. Make my risen wounds a source of life and hope and healing to others.
