Scars can be beautiful.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. After I broke my neck, surgeons had to open up the front of my neck in order to fuse the two cervical vertebrae I had broken. After I was released from the hospital, I tried so hard to cover up that 4-inch ugly red gash in the front of my neck—I tried Vitamin E, makeup, turtleneck sweaters [yes, even in the summer]! But with time, the scar began to fade—and my attitude about that scar changed. In Galatians, the Apostle Paul says, “For I bear on my body the scars that show I belong to Jesus.” For me, that verse was an “aha” moment. I learned that the gash on my neck is God’s mark of ownership on me, a scar that shows I belong to Jesus in a very unique and special way. What’s God’s mark of ownership on you? Perhaps it’s a pair of crutches or an insulin pump; whatever, boast in it and tell others that it’s God’s mark of ownership on you.
© Joni and Friends