This weekend we kick off a new series titled Scars.
This series will cross the entire spectrum from relational scars to emotional scars to religious scars. We'll look at the way God heals hurts and turns them into beautiful testaments to His healing power and amazing grace.
Just curious, what do you think are the visible and invisible scars that people struggle with the most in our culture?
This series will cross the entire spectrum from relational scars to emotional scars to religious scars. We'll look at the way God heals hurts and turns them into beautiful testaments to His healing power and amazing grace.
Just curious, what do you think are the visible and invisible scars that people struggle with the most in our culture?
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for me- and a lot of women- it's insecurity and rejection.
I would add trust to that. I think the three are interwoven.
I think that divorce is a huge one on the entire family, not just the spouses.
our past can be a BIG scar!
Internal scars: cruel words spoken over the course of your lifetime, personal failures, broken relationships, dirty little secrets only you (and God) know about yourself, experiences that still toss video clips in your brain that you wish you could erase -- these are the scars that can sear your soul and cover your heart.
Internal scars: cruel words spoken over the course of your lifetime, personal failures, broken relationships, dirty little secrets only you (and God) know about yourself, experiences that still toss video clips in your brain that you wish you could erase -- these are the scars that can sear your soul and cover your heart.
For what it's worth, I'd also add that I think the invisible scars are the most damaging. Not just because they are harder to heal from, but because they create other problems. I've often wondered how much more grace and understanding we might show others during the daily misunderstandings/struggles if we knew their secrets - which I think is synonymous to scars, here.
There are scars of sexual abuse that affect women and also make their husband secondary to this scar. Ah yes our God is the HEALER, and once knowledge of the abuse is on the conscience level, and this person knows God as their Lord the process of healing can take place.
I would say a big one is the scar of regret. The regret of not following our dream. The regret of doing nothing when doing something even in failure would have been more fulfilling.
The scar of loosing a child is one that few want to talk about. As a bereaved parent of 11 years the scar never goes away. Sure I trust in the resurrection and know my son is in heaven with Christ, but the wound was so deep the scar never goes away. We live a new normal. Nobody wants to see our scar becasue they don't want to remember. We will never forget.
I think that parents, sometimes unintentionally leave scars. The words they didn't say can affect self image and leave huge scars.
There seem to be a lot of scars from childhood, particularly from the cruelty of other kids.
I think kids who grow up without a sense of self-worth. I have seen this waaay too many times with girls who don't have father figures in their lives.
I think the words that people say can certainly scar someone as well.
I think failure is a huge scar.
I think sin always leaves its mark.
tim
This sounds like a great series. Love the concept. I can't wait to check out the podcasts.
Any kind of abuse (emotional, physical, sexual), especially when coming from a parent.
Betrayal (this could be adultery, backstabbing, etc).
Guilt, fear, and shame from things that happened in the past.
I'll be tuning in especially to see how you deal with religious scars. This is a topic that greatly interests me.
Matt
Christian2.0
I know I'm echoing a few of the posts above, but what came to my mind is that rejection can leave scars, depending on how much access the source of rejection has to one's heart. Deaths of loved ones can, too, particularly if a loved one dies unexpectedly and/or in his or her younger years.
I think the biggest scar is that of betrayal.
Emotional and verbal abuse from a spouse is my vote for the biggest and most damaging scar left on many people.
Emotional and verbal abuse from a spouse gets my vote for the biggest and most damaging scar suffered by people today.
Visible scars are like shoes no one else would want to walk in. Invisible scars are the shoes that we would never want anyone to see.
I think love has caused the greatest scar in my life. As I understand scars, it is a wound that is terrible, it leaves its mark, but eventually the area becomes stronger than before. My love is like that, it was wounded, tender to the touch, and more, but over time has healed, grown much stronger than ever before, and has brought me to love God as well.
I believe many scars are the result of broken father-child relationships. The father represents such a strong presence in a child's life and no matter what the reason - divorce, death, poor parenting, absence - lacking that God-designed presence leaves a deep scar. I pray many people are healed through this series.
Bad experiences with church members can leave scars. My husband was very active in a nearby church (before we met) and left after 10 years. I'm still not exactly sure what happened, but that experience somehow left him not wanting to join another church although he loves the Lord. His scar is now affecting me because I'm lonely worshipping without him.
Someone posted earlier that the invisible scars often do the most damage. I would agree with that. Our visible scars usually become a story we tell (especially for guys), but our invisible scars are usually things we would never share. Sadly, the fact that we won't share them is part of what gives them power in our lives.
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