The prophet Isaiah tells us in Is. 53:5 to that by Christ’s wounds, we are healed. Yet, what about our wounds and our pains — even self-inflicted ones? Are the mistakes, pains, and regrets of our past just something we just have to live with, even if he forgives us of them? Or might God somehow use our innocent suffering as well as our sinful stains and failures in a way reminiscent of Isaiah’s words?

In one of my all-time favorite songs “For Miles”, Thrice describes an amazing aspect of God’s grace and redemption — how God can actually use our scars to heal others:

I know one day, all our scars will disappear, like the stars at dawn
And all of our pain, will fade away when morning comes
And on that day when we look backwards we will see, that everything is changed
And all of our trials, will be as milestones on the way
And as long as we live, every scar is a bridge to someone’s broken heart
And there’s no greater love, than the one shed his blood for his friends

- Thrice, “For Miles”