"Our pain becomes the scars for people to see the healing power of our great God. Not only does He heal; He transforms what could have destroyed us."

I want this to be true in my life. Since I have no choice but to suffer at times in this life my hope is that someone else see the scars that are left behind and that they point to God and how he has healed me of my past wounds. That being so, one of the things I've been learning while at Liberty University is that for others to see my scars I have to be willing to show my scares to them. I had to write a recovery testimony about a deep wound that God had healed. Sharing such an extremely personal wound with thirty-five other people and then sharing how God has brought me through it was humbling and freeing. I am continuing to find that the more I show my scars to others, the less self-conscious I am about them and the less it hurts to remember they are there. There is beauty in knowing that because Jesus' blood has covered my wounds I don't have to be embarrassed by them. I can show my scars freely. I can share with others that even though, when the wounds were fresh, I thought I was never going to make it through I was not destroyed. I am healed. I am transformed. I am free.