"Scars are proof of where we've been, but they do not determine where we're going".
I heard this quote tonight while watching TV, and have been mentally feasting on it all night. Every one of us have scars from some obstacle that we've faced in life. We all have hurts and hang ups. But we all have the choice to move forward, from what has kept us from reaching our potential. Every moment of each day, we can choose to allow the pain from our past to hold us captive, or we can choose to start fighting back and move forward.
This year, God has been revealing this to me on a regular basis. It is up to me, and no one else, to determine how I handle my scars, and whether or not I am going to allow them to ground me. So many times, we get hurt and start putting up our protective walls, to keep us from getting hurt like that again. We push out those who are closest to us, and only offer a small portion of ourselves to the world. And having close friends become just a myth.
What would life look like, if we truly started living the way Christ intended for us to live? How would our life differ from the way it is now, if we didn't allow the scares that we carry, to determine our future?
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