My daughter Coryn is a beautiful young lady, both inside and out. Recently she’s had to go to the dermatologist. I really don’t understand why, I guess most guys just don’t overly concern themselves with blemishes. I mean the most I ever did was slap some Clearasil on my face and that small tube would last all summer. Now I don’t mean to say that it doesn’t matter, we should take care of ourselves and in retrospect I should have done more. In any case she came home with a few red marks and was very concerned. As a dad I was more concerned about her “being concerned” than anything else. I knew that the marks are only temporary and that in a few days everything would be fine.
Often we look at our lives and see the wounds that our past has left on us. We are so concerned about what others see. As Christians God is more concerned about our concern than about the actual “red marks” those wounds have left. Those “red marks” are part of the healing. God looks past the “red marks” of our lives and sees whether we are stronger because them. If so, He allows us to be used to help others – if not, our growth is stunted and our use for Gods kingdom is marginal.
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