SCARS=OUR SURPRISING SIGNS OF STRENGTH

SCARS=OUR SURPRISING SIGNS
OF STRENGTH


WE have been in ALL
Kinds of battles
In our life


Physical battles=emotional battles=and
SPIRITUAL battles=and they have
LEFT their SCARS on us
And in us


They are EVIDENCE of adventures=
Mistakes=and they are SIGNS
Of our SURPRISING STRENGTH


To DO what we NEVER
Thought we could do


“Then he said to Thomas=
'Put your finger here and
SEE my hands
And BRING your hand
And put it into
My side................'” John 20:27


Jesus was SHOWING Thomas
His sides of
His crucifixion=
His scars
And his RESURRECTION
Over death


Thomas' RESPONSE
“Thomas said to him=
'My Lord and my GOD'” John 20 :28


And shouldn't that be
OUR RESPONSE to Jesus'
Strength and POWER over death
Shouldn't that BE our response
To all of our OWN SCARS=
Physical=emotional=and spiritual
That Jesus has WALKED with us
Through our life


Our own SURPRISING STRENGTH
As we have been
CARRIED by the LORD


“You yourselves
Have seen what I did
In Egypt


And how I CARRIED you
On EAGLES' WINGS
And BROUGHT you to myself” Exodus 19:4


“For prophecy
NEVER had its origin
In human will


But prophets=
Though human
SPOKE FROM GOD


As they were
CARRIED along by the HOLY SPIRIT” 2 Peter 1:21


And Jesus said to Thomas=
Whose FEAST=
We celebrate today


“Then Jesus told him=
'Because you have
SEEN me
You have believed


BLESSED are they
Who have not seen
And yet have BELIEVED” John 20:29


What SURPRISING STRENGTH
Thomas must have SHOWN
from his scars


As he RECOVERED from this=
And as an apostle of Jesus
WENT on to PREACH the gospel


So can't we OVERCOME our
Scars in this world
And be MESSENGERS of Jesus too


SCARS=OUR SURPRISING SIGNS OF STRENGTH


“I can do ALL things
Through him
Who GIVES ME STRENGTH” Philippians 4:13


Like Thomas=let us FIND OUR STRENGTH
In the SCARS of the
STENGTH OF JESUS


In the names of Jesus Christ OUR LORD=
And his MOST HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
7-2-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn