Was listening to a Sara Groves cd
yesterday, and this song just jumped out at me. Tears of gratefulness poured from my eyes as i realized that God's healing is so complete...He makes the pain and hurt seem less like scars, and more like character.Here are the lyrics:
Less Like Scars by Sara Groves
It's been a hard year
• But I'm climbing out of the rubble •
These lessons are hard •
Healing changes are subtle •
But every day it's...
• Less like tearing more like building •
Less like captive more like willing •
Less like breakdown more like surrender •
Less like haunting more like remember •
And I feel you here •
And you're picking up the pieces •
Forever faithful •
It seemed out of my hands a bad situation •
But you are able •
And in your hands the pain and hurt •
look less like scars and more like character •
• Less like a prison a prison more like my room •
Less like a casket more like a womb
• Less like dying more like transcending •
Less like fear, less like an ending •
• And I feel you here •
And you're picking up the pieces •
Forever faithful •
It seemed out of my hands a bad situation •
But you are able •
And in your hands the pain and hurt •
look less like scars •
• Just a little while ago •
I couldn't feel the power or the hope •
I couldn't cope, I couldn't feel a thing •
Just a little while back •
I was desperate, broken, laid out •
Hoping you would come •
• And I need you •
And I want you here •
And I feel you... •
• And I feel you here •
And you're picking up the pieces •
Forever faithful •
It seemed out of my hands a bad situation •
But you are able •
And in your hands the pain and hurt •
look less like scars •
And in your hands the pain and hurt •
look less like scars •
And in your hands the pain and hurt •
look less like scars •
And more like character
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ReplyDeleteWow-that song could describe our family's last couple years. Hhhmm. I have always loved that line,"And in your hands the pain and hurt •
ReplyDeletelook less like scars and more like character". Beauty.
I'm sitting with that a lot lately. Beauty from ashes. Messiness, scars and the like-oh, how they can become so beautiful.
Love it!
yes, sweet friend. We can be beautiful messes together! i couldn't believe it when this came on, i was like, "YESSS!!! You are doing it Lord! You are building character, and it isn't as painful as it once was!" Once we give our pain and hurt to Him, He is amazingly faithful to come with HEALING IN HIS WINGS!
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