Scars ...Constant Reminder
Scars Never Let us Forget Walking through your grief does not mean you forget. In John Chapter 5 we read Jesus asked the lame man at the Bethesda waters if he wanted to be healed. Here we have a man who after possibly decades of being lame dealing with loss, grief and shame was asked by a total stranger if he wanted to be healed. What you may noticed he never really answered Jesus, he sorta skirted around the question. I do not know if it was because of fear, disbelief or reluctance that caused him to avoid answering. Like the lame man at the pool, most people we know are going through their own personal grief, loss, defeat. With grief some people may not want to be healed because of what they feel they may have to give up. We may feel that our loss is so great that if we let go of the hurt and pain we will let go of any connection we had with that person. Healing means forgetting. Just like Jesus asked the lame man if he wanted to be healed, Jesus is aski