Beautiful Scars

For us, bruised and broken
For us, He was forsaken
Our wounded Healer
Suffered to set us free
See in His hands and His feet

Beautiful scars, beautiful scars
Reminders of the wounded love
That had carried us this far
Beautiful scars
Turning the marks of our pain
Into beautiful scars
~ Beautiful Scars by Steven Curtis Chapman




Sorry it has been quite awhile since I have written. These last few weeks have been pretty busy. So last time I wrote about Passover and the Last Supper. Even though Easter was 2 weeks ago I am going to talk about Easter because Easter is awesome and it really is something to not just be celebrated and thought about during Holy week, but truly every day. The lyrics posted above are from a song that really reminds me of Easter and what our wonderful Savior did for us. During Holy Week we think about Jesus and the suffering that He did while He was nailed to the cross. The lyrics say that for us He was bruised and broken and forsaken. We are the ones that deserve this because we sin and Jesus was perfect, but He suffered in our place and that is something to remember every day of our lives. Jesus who committed no sin took our place to die so that one day we could live with Him and His Father in heaven.

This song reminds me every time I hear it how much God cares for us. We live in a world where we would do things for others, but I don't know how many people would lay down their life for those who constantly sin. Jesus' scars truly are beautiful. They remind us about the sacrifice that Jesus went through. In our world we live in pain and suffering of many different circumstances, but if Jesus wouldn't have went to the cross than we would suffer in a completely different circumstance for the rest of our lives, but Jesus carried the cross and then proceeded to hang on the cross and die for ALL of our sins. Since I was introduced to this song I have looked at the scars on Jesus' hands (pictures, statues, etc.) in a completely different light. I used to look at them and think of all the pain that Jesus went through to save us from our sins, but after this song I see them as beautiful scars because He did go through all that pain for us and that is a beautiful thought.

Remember that even though Jesus suffered for us that His scars are a beautiful reminder of what He did for us.
Justina Marie