Mymind unsplash12/19/2023 ![]() Over time scars may fade and be less prominent, but logically, scars are proof the body has healed. If you Google scars, you will find ways to minimize or make them less noticeable. Once healing occurrs, it is almost impossible to get rid of the scars. Normally, the deeper and more serious the wound, the greater the scar tissue. As the tissue forms closing the wound, it often leaves scars. As fibroblasts send out filaments, connections are made which cause the open wound to shrink and then to close. Your scars reveal the mystery of life – that God is greater than death, and destruction, and the wounds you experienced.Īn open wound only begins to heal as tissue is formed out of myofibroblast cells, which are devoid of fat. You see, a scar is a wonderful sign of healing. All humans bear wounds that means you too will have emotional scars that must be opened to the light and the air so they can begin to heal and form a scar.Ĭhrist is the Light. * Allow the Comforter to comfort you with His healing touch. * Allow Jesus to walk with you, to lance and cleanse the abscess. ![]() * Bring it in the light and thank Jesus you aren’t alone. Here’s the big secret to heal your emotional scars. In despair, we play the Christian game and pretend to be spiritual as we desperately try to numb our heart so we don’t feel pain. Instead our pain and anxiety increased causing us to feel ashamed and guilty. Perhaps we thought Jesus would make everything wonderful and we would stop hurting after He became our Saviour. Try to tear us apart but know that we’ll wear our scars.”Īnd so it takes almost superhuman strength to admit we have emotional scars, for we fear what our scars say about us, and we fear the censure and rejection of others. I feel it in my heart when it all turns to dark I feel it in my bones, I feel it, I feel it ![]() “I feel it in my bones and everything I know In the music video, which I don’t endorse, there is a powerful moment when those scarred by life, remove their mask and throw it into the fire. They’re waiting to haunt me, night after night…” “I can’t escape all these thoughts in my mind The words of the song, “Scars”, by I PREVAIL, address the reality of conflict over this issue of tormenting thoughts surrounding our scars. No matter how we try, we are held in bondage by churning thoughts of emotional wounds that drive us and keep us from experiencing the freedom of forgiveness, joy, and the sweetness of the Lord’s personal love for us. We each have our distinct way of running away from emotional scars in our effort to numb our heart to pain. Or we may turn to more acceptable forms of self-inflicted wounds such as workaholism, chugging energy drinks, Mountain Dew, or caffeine to keep going when our body cries for rest. In our distress, we may engage in cutting, bulimia, anorexia, compulsive acts, addiction to drugs, alcohol, sex, or dangerous behaviors. Just when we think we are beginning to get a grip on life, a huge wave knocks us down, catching us in unaware.īecause our tendency is to engage in self-punishing behavior, we create more wounds, more scars. And though we become experts in hiding, tidal waves from the ocean of pain within us continue to rage. If we are honest, we fear the censure of others, so we hide behind a mask, hiding our emotional scars, hiding our shame, hiding our pain. Painful thoughts we can’t escape drive us into self-destructive behaviors as we try to silence tormenting thoughts as we numb our heart by pretending we have no scars. Those powerful thoughts torment us and may leave us feeling the need to apologize for being alive, for taking up space on planet earth.
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