scars and healing

After the resurrection of Christ, the scars of His recently-crucified body were still evident.  He was still in His earthly body after all.

Sometimes the healed wounds of my earthly suffering still cause me pain.  But the still-evident scars on the body of the Christ help me to uderstand that complete healing will only come when I too, am given a new eternal body.

I have always tried to deal with the pain and the angst, then pack it away in the tin trunk of my heart, and don't open it again.  But it isn't always possible.  Sometimes the wounds ache;  sometimes I get tired of carrying them in my soul. 

But realizing that even Christ still bore the scars of his sacrifice, helps me to be gentle on myself and understand that some scars will never be fully healed until that Resurrection morning.