Part Of Me

The scars that I wear on my body are part of me. The physical scars are a result of some long forgotten injury. My emotional scars cannot be seen by the naked eye but they still exist. Unlike the physical wounds which have healed and no longer cause me pain the emotional ones can still hurt me when a chance remark or action by someone brings back the memories, sadness, anger or frustration that I felt at the time.

I believe there are another sort of scar that not everyone will agree exists. They are spiritual scars. These are a result of wounds made by Christians who have treated us or preached incorrectly. They can be healed by God but in my experience they take a long time to heal. The devil has so much fun constantly bringing the issues up. He usually has a go when we are tired, sick or feeling low. These are the times when he knows that we are vulnerable and the intention is to drive us deeper into the doldrums.

The best way to defend ourselves is to firstly keep our eyes on Jesus “Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters,and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.” Psalm 123:1-2 The other thing we can do is exactly what Jesus did when the devil used Peter to tempt him: “But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.” Matthew 16:23