I have a few scars and stitch marks on my body. I had stitches on my forehead from when I was around seven years old. I was playing on a truck and fell off of it on my head. In second grade, I was playing with rocks with friends during recess time, and a friend accidentally threw on my left ring finger, and I had to get stitches. In fourth grade, I was playing ball with friends and in body contact with an opponent, his back head crushed my eyeglasses through my skin under my right eye. I have stitch marks there. In high school, I was trying to open a can with a knife and I stabbed my left thumb joint and I got stitches there. Most recently, I had a skiing accident, from which I have a massive scar on my right shoulder. Perhaps these scars aren’t as big compared to some of you that went through major accidents and injuries in life. Whether small or big, these scars last forever. Each scar has a story and it reminds you of what took place whenever you see it.
“When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.” John 20:20 Jesus also has a scar. He has nail marks on His wrists and feet. He also has spear marks on his sides. These scars of Jesus remind us of what He went through. He died for us on the cross. In the book of Revelation, Jesus is mentioned as “the Lamb that was slain.” (Revelation 5:6, 12; 13:8) And when we see Jesus again in Heaven, we will get to witness these marks that tell us the story what He went through and feel how much Jesus loves us, that He volunteered to die on our behalf.
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