Healing My Scars

You may look at parts of your story and think, “Nothing good can come out of that.” There are wounds, losses, and seasons you’d rather erase than remember. Maybe you’ve convinced yourself that those places are just permanent reminders of failure or pain. But what if the very places you see as ruined are the places God wants to turn into a doorway of hope?

As Ruth 1 moves forward, Naomi begins the long walk back home, still carrying bitterness and grief. Pastor Jeff ties this picture to the “valley of Achor” in the Old Testament—a place of judgment and trouble that God later describes as a doorway of hope and restoration.

Because God doesn’t just point at our scars; He steps into them and starts writing a different ending than the one we expected.

Today Pastor Jeff teaches us that God can take the very places marked by our deepest trouble and use them as the starting point for renewal. And as we see how He worked for Naomi—and how He turned the valley of trouble into a place of hope—we’re reminded that our scars can become the canvas where His redemption story is painted.