Have you ever stared into the face of fear, taken a deep breath and kept walking? Do you feel like everything you hear right now is negative? Do you still believe in the truth and hope of a future?
'Cause in the dark there is a lightYour truth it keeps on burning brightBrave enough to fight the fightAnd shout the battle cry
In the dark there is a light. What a hope we have in Jesus - that not matter what the dark we are facing, no matter what the fear, there is a truth burning bright, giving the light we need to continue on in our fight. To shout the battle cry.
Every scar on my skinIs a beautiful reminderOf a moment when I didn't give inAnd I walked through fire
Have you ever stopped to count your scars? The things that have happened may have left a physical toll on your body, or they have left emotional scars on your heart. Have you gone through the process of digging into each scar, finding forgiveness for yourself or others, allowing it the heal, and then choosing to count the scar as a reminder of God's faithfulness in walking with you through the fire? Because friends - those scars? They are a testimony to the story God is writing on your heart and in your life, the fires that you have been through, the trials. The places where you have fallen, the places where you have been sliced through. Maybe the hands holding the blade have been a loved one, someone you thought you could trust. Maybe they have been your hands holding the blade, slicing through your own skin. Whatever has cut you, friends... God is the great physician. The one who heals.
You'll never stop me I'm a warriorWhen I fall down I get strongerFaith is my shield, His love is the armor
After I broke my leg and it had healed the doctor looked at my final x-ray and declared "your bone is now stronger there than any other place." The process of breaking and rehealing (a non-trivial thing, as those who walked through that year of my life will recall) built a spot in my bone stronger than any other.
Friends, we have a choice with our scars. Will they make us stronger as we lean into God, and allow Him to knit us back together firmer than before? Or will they cut us down and continue to fester? The choice is yours. Choose to fight with God instead of against Him.
I will keep the hope aliveI will find the strength insideI will keep the hope aliveI am a warrior, I will survive
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