Scripture for Today:  I Peter 2:24  “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by His wounds you have been healed.”

The human body is amazing.  It can take such abuse and still function.  My husband, after years of basketball, has had four knee operations, two on each knee.  We tease each other that one knee is German and one knee is French!  He continues to play to this day but he will always have the scars.

I have a scar on my hand dating back to pre-teen days.  I was angry at my Mother at the time, so angry I could hardly see straight.  I walked into our glass side door, thinking it was open.  I can not look at that scar without thinking of my loss of control!

The Lord is so good to heal us from our injuries and from our diseases.  He promises us a glorified body one day that will never need healing again.  Our verse today talks about the price He paid for our physical and spiritual healing, His death on the cross.  We have been healed.  But sometimes scars are left behind.

I wonder why He allows those scars to remain.  They usually fade with time but why have them at all?  Perhaps, the scars are there to remind us of His healing in our lives.  They remind us of His goodness and grace.  We look at our scars and remember how we have failed and how much we need Him.  Our scars keep us humble.

We all have scars, seen or unseen.  Normally, scars are not so pretty.  But if they remind us of His love and forgiveness, if they remind us of His grace and healing, then they can be  beautiful!