You can hide your scars from the light or you can choose to highlight your scars. Why show them off? Because your scars may be the very resemblance of healing that somebody else needs to see in order to be set free. And shame only exists when you care what other people think about you. But grace is the result of knowing what it is God thinks about you. Even Jesus showed off His scars--and because of the cross--His scars are covering ours. "As He spoke, He showed them the wounds in His hands and His side. They were filled with joy when they saw the Lord!" (John 20:20)

God absolutely understands what you are going through when you are hurt. But you must absolutely give your hurt up to Him in order for Him to help. He isn't distant from us, but in fact came to us in Jesus. He feels our pain and our hurts, but He still invites us to receive His peace in our hearts. "Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken" (Psalm 55:22).

Transformation is when God takes our heart of stone and through the Spirit makes our heart His home. And when He is given full access to the space of our hearts, He begins to furnish us with the grace of His heart. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new" (II Corinthians 5:17).