Encouragement | Scarred Beautiful

Mary, Mother of Jesus

by Scarred Beautiful | Dec 5, 2018 | Encouragement, Physical Scars, Scars, Woman Who Inspire, Women of the Bible

The angel “Gabriel appeared to Mary, ‘Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you!’ Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean. ‘Don’t be afraid, Mary,’ the angel told her, ‘for you have found favor with God! You will conceive and give...

Compassion…. for myself

by Scarred Beautiful | Nov 9, 2018 | Abuse, Addiction, Encouragement, Grieving, Jail/Incarceration, Physical Scars, Scars, Shame

Compassion… for myself “How could I have not realized this before? Why was this so hard for me to wrap my heart and head around?” were the questions that filled my mind as I listened to an old friend explain what he saw some forty years ago in that hospital room. For...

Life- What is it all for?

by Scarred Beautiful | Sep 9, 2018 | Encouragement, Grieving, Scars, Uncategorized

My grandmother passed away when I was fifteen. My father asked if I would go with him to her home to say goodbye. The two of us walked into her room, after a quiet ride in the car, and there was my beloved grandmother in her bed. My father grabbed her hands and kissed...

Beauty in the Storm

by Scarred Beautiful | Sep 6, 2017 | Encouragement, In The News

As waters rose, a 17-year-old boy named Thomas Edwards, woke up to a room full of water. As he looked outside to see that his neighborhood was engulfed by the unrelenting flood from hurricane Harvey, he also saw that his truck was completely submerged. Devastation was...

Peace in the Storm

by Scarred Beautiful | Aug 28, 2017 | Cancer, Encouragement, In The News, Physical Scars, Scars

A storm, a hurricane, tornados, flooding…. Tragedy, loss, devastation, yet in the midst, there is heroism, humanity, compassion and even beauty. But where is God in all of this? Where are You, God??? In the hospital, I laid in my bed. A six year old, skinned due to...

America The Beautiful

by Scarred Beautiful | Aug 18, 2017 | Encouragement, In The News

Our country is known as the land of the free. So many have fought and continue to fight to give us that freedom. Yet, recent events reveal that although as a country we have reached new levels of acceptance and equality, we still have much ground to overcome. With...