Our battle scars from suffering are nothing to hide. They are marks of honor. We need to see suffering is a tool that gods use to increase and strengthen our faith.
Life’s journeys often leave us physical and emotional marks that tell stories of our resilience and faith.
Lessons From The Battle Scars
Everyone has a battle scar of some kind. Some are visible on the outside, and some are hidden -tucked away in our heart.
Satan would love to hear “You’re scared, you’re broken,”he loves to hear us call ourselves ugly. He does everything he can so we focus on anything but the positive, the hope of God. To keep us from thinking on eternal things and God’s truth. God promises,
“He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds” (Psalm 147:3).
I’ve had to reframe how I view my scars because scars signify we were in a battle, and there is no shame in that. God looks at our hearts and He is the only mirror I need.
Battle scars reveal a wound that has been healed.
Scars tell a story of a promise, a purpose, and a testimony. Scars are never meant to be hidden but shared to help others in their struggles.
This life journey is one big test, and through of battles God will work through and speak from our liod to penetrate the hardest of hearts. The Word of God comes down like a hammer to break up the ground of hard hearts.
Our scars can speak of God’s goodness and faithfulness in a life that must solely rely on Him. God knows just what is necessary to bring out His choicest wine through our earthly vessels.
Scars show we are stronger than the thing that tried to break us.
God is the potter and we are the clay. We choose to yield and surrender even though we may not understand why we are walking our particular path.
Our lives are to be for His glory and honor alone. Through the rushing, pressing, breaking, and tearing, He brings forth His plan for us.
Scare proves we are overcomers. Just as Jesus’s scars proved He was stronger than the power of death. Our scars are proof that satan’s attempt to steal, kill, and destroy us has failed. They are proof that we are truly over-comers.
We all have scars from the battles we have fought in life. But God looks at us through the righteousness of a perfect Savior.
God never wastes pain, and our battle scars will serve as a testimony of our goodness and faithfulness to us.
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