A Beautiful Body—Scars & All

I’d be one of the first to admit… the church is far from perfect.

It’s easy to make lists of church flaws, problems, flops, embarrassments, and disasters.

Unfortunately, we often get so focused on the ugly that we lose sight of the beauty.

The church is a beautiful body—scars and all.

“God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church. And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ…” (Ephesians 1.22, 23 NLT)

Did you catch that?

The church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ.

Yes, the church is marked with the scars of our failures…

And it is filled with Christ.

It is His body.

It is a beautiful body—scars and all.

Jesus spent time with his disciples after he rose from the grave.

He was fully alive, had conquered death, hell, and the grave… and he still had the scars in his hands and his side.

Our beautiful Savior—scars and all.

Those scars serve as a reminder that Jesus suffered for us and he is victorious.

Those scars serve as a reminder that with God, anything is possible.

Those scars serve to as a reminder that God is OK with our scars.

I know the church isn’t perfect.

You know it, and God knows too.

It’s actually kinda hard to say this, but I know it’s true…

God sees us (the church) as the beautiful body of Christ—scars and all.

I think God wants us to see what he sees.

I believe He wants to remind us, “Don’t get so focused on the ugly that you lose sight of the beauty.”

The church is a beautiful body—scars and all.