More than Scars
It was one of those times in worship when it seemed all Heaven wrapped its hands around my heart. Embracing every beat in tender care, each pulse was noticed by the One who knows everything about me, yet loves me still.
My heart cried out from deep within. Oh, Lord. I cannot wait until the day when I can kiss the scars and holes in your hands! I want to kiss the very places that were pierced so I could be forgiven and free.
Still on my knees with hands raised and tears dripping off my face, Heaven responded with words, beyond words. It was an unexpected visitation of… knowing… that stirred and quieted all within.
Mary, it took ALL of me to have All of you.
These words, beyond words, still silence my thoughts. I understood in a way that is difficult to describe.
It took more than scars from nail pierced hands and side. It took offering his entire spirit, his entire soul, and his entire body. He could have called ten-thousand angels to deliver, but he chose to stay on the cross out of love for you and me. He loved us at our worst, so we could enjoy being loved with his best.
It took ALL of Jesus to have All of me.
It took ALL of Jesus to have All of you.
May our hearts respond…
Lord, you gave your All
to have all of me.
I give my all
to have all of you.
“Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”
Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.””
“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”