THE SCAR: A STORY TO TELL

Today, I'll be writing a story about this topic. It's a fiction. It's not real. I want you to learn from this. 

There I was, admist my problems. I tried getting out of it by my own strength but I kept falling deeper into it. Depression came in with a stool and sat comfortably in my mind. I kept struggling, trying to fight with it but it seems it is stronger than I am. A voice said to me “why are you fighting your purpose?”. Fear griped me. Who spoke? No one was in the room with me but  the voice kept talking to me. “why did you decide to run away from the purpose I created you for? Why? Don't you know that out of your pains comes a scar. Out of your pains comes a rebirth. The scar you get from it becomes your story. I began to cry. Why me? Why am I experiencing this? I don't want to live the life God is showing me. I wanna run away from it. I already have my desire. I have a life I wanna live. But it's opposite to what God wants. I kept journeying far away from God not knowing not knowing that I was walking towards destruction. For real, I was having pleasures doing what I do but deep down in me I was a dead man. And now, the life I desired led me to life imprisonment. “Pls save me” I muttered in tears. I thought about how I've lived and I saw nothing but vanity. I was filled with regrets. “Pls save me” I began to groan. And then mercy walked in. I couldn't raise my head to look at him. He was embodied with so much glory and beauty. He said with a soft voice “i have been hearing your cry for a while now. I was moved by it and I turned to it. Son, it's okay. Look at me”. I was afraid to look up. He touched my shoulders and I looked up. Behold, I saw compassion in his eyes. I saw an unending love that filled his eyes. I couldn't hold my tears. Oh! What a beauty. I look at my self and I saw how filthy I was. I looked so dirty. I cried and he kept smiling at me. His eyes were like the stars. And he showed me his hands and said“while saving you, I got a scar. This scar I am saving you from, save others”. And he left. I cried like a baby. I remembered a song that made me shed more tears

“ I was just a child when I felt the savior leading. I was drawn to what I could not understand. And for the cause of Christ, I spent my days believing. That what he'd had me be, who I am. As I've come to see the weaker side of me, I realised his grace is what I'll need. When sin demanded for my soul. For God so loved the world, that he his son to save me. For the cross, he built a bridge to set me free. Oh! But deep within my heart, there's still a war that rages and makes a sacrifice so hard to see. As midnight fall upon the crucifixion day, the light of hope seemed so far away as evil tried to stop redemption flow. And now when heaven looked at me, it is through the blood of Jesus. Reminding me of one day long ago. Mercy said no! I'm not gonna let you go. I'm not gonna let you slip away. You don't have to be afraid. Mercy said no! Sin will never take control. Life and death stood face to face, darkness tried to steal my heart away. Thank you Jesus. Mercy said NO!”

I felt as if someone hugged me and comforted me. I felt alive again. My hopes were restored. I got healed of my infirmities and I was set free. My scar became the foundation of my purpose. It became my story. The purpose of my making will I live for and not my desires. My pains led me into my purpose. Out of my scar, comes a rebirth. 

Are you facing similar problems? I want you to go back to God and submit yourself totally to him. Put aside every of your desires and go to God. He is always waiting for you. Are you scared of how bad you've lived your life? And you think nothing good can ever come out of your life again. I want to tell you that God loves you and he is ready to give you beauty for every bits of your ashes. Go back to God and amend your ways. Or probably you don't even know who God is. I have a good news for you. God sent his only son which is Jesus to die for every of your sins. He suffered all because he wants to take you out of that pit. He was beaten, humiliated, despised. He beared all your sin even though he had no sin. He was nailed on the cross. He died, was buried and on the third day he resurrected from the grave so that you won't die anymore. His scars saved you for hell.  When you believe in his death, burial and resurrection then you are saved. You are now qualified to live with him at the end of everything. Your sins are gone because you are now a new person. He has cleared all your history and now you have a new life. You feel happy right? Yes! That's the Joy. His scars saved you. Your scar will become your story. Tell it to others. Tell them how you were freed so that they could be freed too. My scar is my story. It is the beginning of my rebirth!