WE ALL HAVE SCARS

Emotional scars are the lasting impacts of traumatic experiences or intense emotional pain someone endures. Unlike physical scars, which heal over time, emotional scars can last and affect a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors long after the original trauma is over. 

Over the years, I have counseled many people with emotional scars. I even have a few of my own. Some were precipitated by Loss of a loved one, abuse, rejection, betrayal, just to name a few.  

Physical, emotional, or sexual abusive experiences can create deep-seated feelings of unworthiness, fear, anxiety, and behavioral issues.  

These experiences can lead to trust issues and difficulties in forming healthy relationships.

Jesus experienced all these emotional scars and overcame them. And who could be a better counselor than someone who has overcome?

 Through my own personal victory over emotional scars, I have found that building a relationship with Jesus Christ was the most effective form of therapy I could have ever received. 

I guess it’s because I started allowing the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ to be my Counselor. He is the most effective counselor. He said in his word that I will send you a comforter.

John 14:16,26 (KJV) states: 

“And I will pray to the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever.”

“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”

Who could best advise someone with scars than someone who has experienced and triumphantly overcome scars?  

Isaiah 53:5-8 (KJV)

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.  

We all, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.  

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.  

He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

Then he died on the cross to remove our scars (sin). 

And His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6  

What a Wonderful Counselor, He led by example.

Peace and Love,

—Pastor Dwayne