Have you ever really taken a few seconds to look at your fingertips? I’m serious- take a minute and look at the many fine details that are etched into your fingertip. At work this morning, I had a few minutes before a large proposal was due for a project manager and I looked down at the finger I had burned on an iron the night before. I found it amazing that even though I burned my finger, the intricate lines of my finger print were still there.

As I began to connect the dots of my fingerprint, it became so real to me once again- not only how amazing God really is, but how special he made me to be. Every little detail, he thought about and molded just for me. Many times I forget about this concept. This morning I felt pretty special as I looked at something as small as my fingertip, because I was reminded that the great God almighty took time to make me just the way he intended me to be.

As I began to look at the rest of my fingertips, there appeared a pattern. Each finger had the same pattern running through them. But then I came across one of my fingers that I had cut by accident with a knife a few years back. This was a deep cut, but after months of band aids and neosporin, it became only a scar. And eventually over time, after the bandage was taken off and it was healed, the intricate lines on my fingertip covered it.

I don’t know about you, but I definitely have some things of my past that I am not proud of. Some deep wounds that have harmed me greatly. I have walked through some valleys that have hurt pretty badly. There came a point in my life that I had to give my wounds to God to cover with his blood and make me new. As I began to forgive those that had deeply wronged me and forgive myself for bad choices that I had made, I was able to slowly allow Jesus to make my heart like new again.

Just think what one of our fingers would look like if you cut if everyday in the same spot and never allowed it to heal. There would continually be a large gash that would cover up one of the most intricate and beautiful features about you. If you have some wounds in your life, press into the word desperately! The scars of our past are of the past and it would be a shame to see such a beautiful creature give up on their talents and unique abilities because of their scars.

Don’t let yours scars cover up who you really are in the Lord. He can still do magnificent things with your life. He wants us to rise again, learn from the past, and move on.