Scar Stories

Scar Stories

Bible: John 20:24-29

See my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe (V.27).

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The butterfly flew in and out of the flowers my mum had planted in our garden. Being a young child, I really wanted to catch it. I raced from our back garden into our kitchen and grabbed a glass jar, but because I was rushing, I tripped and hit the concrete patio hard. The jar smashed under my wrist and left an ugly slash that needed eighteen stitches. Today the scar crawls like a caterpillar across my wrist. When Jesus appeared to the disciples after His death and resurrection, He brought His scars. John tells us Thomas wanted to see “the nail marks in his hands”. Jesus told Thomas to “put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side” (JOHN 20:25,27). In order to show He was the same Jesus, He rose from the dead with the scars of His suffering still visible. The scars of Jesus prove Him to be our Saviour—the only One who has beaten death—and tell the story of our salvation. The holes through His hands and feet and the cut in His side tell the story of the pain He went through—for us. He did it so that we can be made whole and know God for ourselves. Have you ever thought about the story told by Jesus’ scars?

JESUS’ SCARS TELL US THE STORY OF HIS
SUFFERING FOR OUR SALVATION.

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