The Gift of Scars

<p>Behold My hands and My feet . . . - Luke 24:39 NKJV</p><p><br></p><p>Only when Jesus revealed His scars did His disciples truly believe He was alive again. Ironically followers of Jesus often hide their scars not realizing He can do amazing transforming work with them.</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Gift of Scars</em> explores God's redeeming and restorative grace for those who fail to see their troubled pasts as treasures in the hands of an almighty all-loving God. Addressing the issues of abuse rejection guilt and self-hatred author Melissa McCormick courageously shows the scars of her own tragic childhood while extending hope and help for the hopelessly hurting. Today she considers her scars to be gifts that God can use. But that wasn't always so.</p><p><br></p><p>As part of her restoration to wholeness God sent Melissa down a path she would never have chosen or dreamed of. Her experience as a beauty pageant contestant and eventually as the winner of Mrs. Michigan International 2000 is evidence of the incredible transforming power of God in a chronically insecure life.</p>