Scars

In order to receive a scar, there must have been a wound. The deeper the wound, the bigger the scar.

Physical scars make it easier to judge how deep the wound was. You can imagine the level of pain involved when you see a scar on another person. People readily accept that when they see a scar, there was once pain for the person with the scar. The color of the scar is an indication of how recently the pain was inflicted. Physical scars are acceptable and result in empathy.

Emotional scars are not acceptable and rarely is anyone empathetic to the scar. Emotional scars aren't visible, so their very existence is sometimes questioned. The size of the scar isn't known, so "did it really hurt that bad?" The color isn't seen, so anything that happened more than a week ago should be "all healed up and causing no more troubles."

We will discuss physical scars anytime with people -
             "How did you get it?"
             "How painful was it?"
             "Does it still bother you?"
The physical is sometimes seen as a badge of honor. People think you have overcome something tragic and most definitely painful.

ZERO questions will be asked of an emotional scar! Why? Because asking someone about their emotional scars may cause us to look at our own and recognize we too have scars. Not only are emotional scars hidden from view from others, we try to hid them from ourselves as well - pretend they don't exist.

But what if we did ask? Could we help someone ease their pain? Lighten the color of the scar (healing) a little maybe? Would it help our own scars to lighten? Would it take territory back that Satan stole from us?

Very scary questions, but something to think about as I walk toward Jesus.