Spiritual Scarring

Anyone have some incredible scars? Or at least incredible stories to go with their scars?

This Easter Sunday, the pastor at a church I was visiting shared an impacting message. He simply said that when we are burned, we are left with a scar. I have heard many missionary stories about villagers' children falling into fires. Those that survive such horrific burns are greatly scarred for the rest of their lives. The same thing happens with sharp instruments. I know several people who have been in chainsaw accidents. Don’t you know they still have scars to remind them of their close call! My brother, Robert, recently told me about a woman in his church that had an accident, taking off the tip of her pointer finger.

Even with all of the technological advances today, most scars are permanent. Not all are bad.
After mentioning the scarring, the pastor said something to the effect of, “If our physical bodies are forever altered by the stinging of a fierce burn or the carelessness of a sharp knife, how much more should our spiritual lives be forever scarred by Jesus piercing our hearts with Himself and His fierce love for us?”

How much more should our lives be scarred by Jesus?

I fly out to Ghana in one week (April 14th) and my prayer for the Ewe people is simply that Jesus provides them some spiritual scarring that will stay with them for the rest of this life and into the next, scarring that will speak to others who have not yet met our Jesus, scarring that will allow them to see how their traditional worship pales in comparison to the One True God.

Will you pray with me?