EVERYONE HAS SCARS - VISIBLE or HIDDEN!

Ronald Bainbridge
Aug 16, 2025
4 min read

Updated: Mar 27

Friends, Discovering A BETTER LIFE is an electronic publication for those seeking to know more about Jesus Christ, and for Christians, that has encouraged hundreds of people every day since it launched in April 1990.

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PEOPLE FIND SALVATION, PEACE and HOPE

Through entering into a personal

Relationship with Jesus Christ,

Who has declared,

“In this world you will have trouble,

But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

(John 10:10; 14:1-6)

(16:33; Acts 2:36-47)

Today’s Message of Encouragement:

EVERYONE

HAS

SCARS,

VISIBLE

HIDDEN!

Friends, Marla Hanson, was off work for five months. Many people thought she would never be able to go back to her job. However, there she was on the network morning news on her first day back. Radiant! Smiling!

Marla is a model. She had been away from her job because an assailant with a razor-sharp knife had cut up her face. That attack hospitalised her and required more than 100 stitches in her face. One cut ran from the right corner of her mouth across her cheek. Another went from mid-nostril to her left temple, missing her eye by only 5mm.

The scars are still visible. They probably always will be. But she has a marvellous attitude toward those scars on her face. She says, “Everybody has scars! Mine show, but most people carry theirs inside.”

Marla Hanson is right. Every soul takes its blows. We are all wounded, bruised, and hurting in certain situations. Some people have to endure more pain than others, but everybody gets some.

Today, my friend, it may be one of your days to cry out in pain. Perhaps someone has misunderstood you or treated you unkindly. Perhaps it was a thoughtless thing someone said that pierced to the depths of your soul. Maybe it’s just that nobody seems to notice or care that your life is sad, lonely, and pained. It hurts!

Perhaps the scar on your soul is an old one which just won’t heal. You may be like one lady I know whose bitterness shows from every pore. A long time ago, somebody did her a disservice, neglected her at a time of need, or sinned against her. I don’t really know what actually happened to her. But she has been keeping score and can’t forget. Now she is bitter toward everyone.

Some people are scarred by jealousy. He resents that someone else got the promotion and raise. He envies the person who has a position which generates more notice than his. So he seethes. Can you identify with that awful wound and its scar?

Other people carry the scar of monotony. Their lives are lonely due to a self-imposed exile from the community. They lead dull lives because they will not extend themselves for the sake of others. They are self-absorbed and waiting for someone else to fix what is wrong with the world and make them happy. I certainly hope you don’t belong to that sad group of people.

The truth is, if there were no pain, wounds, or scars, there would be no need for a doctor. So I hope you will remember---no matter how much life hurts, there IS a God of all comfort waiting to give you the love, forgiveness and hope you need. And He provides this comfort through the compassionate and gentle Jesus, who can help heal your injury. Today, I encourage you to go to Him with your hurts. Amazingly, He can help you fix them and let you function as a normal person again!

"HE'LL BE THERE"

When the world gets too much for you!

(Deuteronomy 31:6)

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