Scars in heaven
I love this song by Casting Crowns. A dear friend sent it to me a couple of months after Mark passed. It is a powerful song and there is so much truth to it.
If I had only known the last time would be the last time
I would've put off all the things I had to do
I would've stayed a little longer, held on a little tighter
Now what I'd give for one more day with you
'Cause there's a wound here in my heart where something's missing
And they tell me that it's gonna heal with time
But I know you're in a place where all your wounds have been erased
And knowing yours are healed is healing mine
The only scars in Heaven, they won't belong to me and you
There'll be no such thing as broken, and all the old will be made new
And the thought that makes me smile now, even as the tears fall down
Is that the only scars in Heaven are on the hands that hold you now
I know the road you walked was anything but easy
You picked up your share of scars along the way
Oh, but now you're standing in the sun, you've fought your fight and your race is run
The pain is all a million miles away
The only scars in Heaven, they won't belong to me and you
There'll be no such thing as broken, and all the old will be made new
And the thought that makes me smile now, even as the tears fall down
Is that the only scars in Heaven, yeah, are on the hands that hold you now
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, for the hands that hold you now
There's not a day goes by that I don't see you
You live on in all the better parts of me
Until I'm standing with you in the sun, I'll fight this fight and this race I'll run
Until I finally see what you can see, oh-oh
The only scars in Heaven, they won't belong to me and you
There'll be no such thing as broken, and all the old will be made new
And the thought that makes me smile now, even as the tears fall down
Is that the only scars in Heaven are on the hands that hold you now
If you listen to the song or read the lyrics it really does say it all. As I am typing I am in tears. I don’t think I have listened to it yet without crying. There are songs that do that to me, and this is one of them. I am not going to go through all the words, but all of this song is true for me. The fact that Mark is no longer broken, hurting, and sick is more than I could ask for. He is now perfect and has a new body that is free of cancer and hurt! Knowing that He is with the One that died for him, and he has touched his Heavenly Father’s scarred hands what more could I want for him? Nothing! Selfishly I want him here. But, I know since that can’t happen now there will be a day I will stand with him and I will be able to touch the scarred hands of the One who died for me. What a day glorious day that will be!
Confident in His love,
Isaiah 54:10
