Your Scars Are Beautiful to God: Finding Peace and Purpose in the Hurts of Your Past
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Your Scars Are Beautiful to God: Finding Peace and Purpose in the Hurts of Your Past  -     By: Sharon Jaynes

Your Scars Are Beautiful to God: Finding Peace and Purpose in the Hurts of Your Past

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Product Description

Physical scars represent a story, a moment in one's life, and they show others that there is a history of healing. Author Sharon Jaynes shares with women how their internal scars marks from past hurts and mistakes also represent a story of restoration. Encouraging chapters, inspirational stories, godly wisdom, and a Bible study guide lead readers to give their wounds to the One who sees their beauty and who turns hurts into hope.

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Title: Your Scars Are Beautiful to God: Finding Peace and Purpose in the Hurts of Your Past
By: Sharon Jaynes
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
Vendor: Harvest House Publishers
Publication Date: 2006
Dimensions: 8.5 X 5.5 (inches)
Weight: 10 ounces
ISBN: 0736916105
ISBN-13: 9780736916103
Stock No: WW916105

Publisher's Description

Physical scars represent a story, a moment in one's life, and they show others that there is a history of healing. Noted author Sharon Jaynes shares with women how their internal scars—marks from past hurts and mistakes—also represent a story of restoration.

With empathy, personal insight, and a best friend's gentle spirit, Sharon helps readers:

  • recognize Jesus through their scars
  • receive grace and forgiveness
  • remove the mask and be real
  • restore the broken heart
  • release the power of healed wounds

Encouraging chapters, inspirational stories, godly wisdom, and a Bible study guide lead readers to give their wounds to the One who sees their beauty and who turns hurts into hope.

Author Bio

Sharon Jaynes is an inspirational speaker and Bible teacher for women’s conferences and events. She is also the author of several books, including Becoming the Woman of His Dreams, The Power of a Woman’s Words, and Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe. Sharon and her husband, Steve, call North Carolina home.

Publisher's Weekly

Inspirational speaker Jaynes declares that like the wrinkled spine of a good book, internal and external scars imply a story waiting to be told. Jaynes reminds readers that they will receive scars in two ways, either by the hand of another or by their own choices. Both scenarios, Jaynes states, are invitations for Christ to restore and heal. Weaving real women's stories of abortion, sexual abuse, infidelity and the like into every chapter, Jaynes effectively explores specific topics with biblical references and practical suggestions. She details the power of recognizing Jesus' presence through one's scars by reflecting on their purpose, redeeming pain by investing in others, replacing wounds with scars and restoring a broken heart. One powerful chapter deals with the lie of disqualification that individuals succumb to after being wounded, believing that because of personal sin, ministry opportunities are destroyed. Citing Luke 22:31, Jaynes unpacks Jesus' response, "When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." While it is a given that Christians will fail, she says, God intends for them to repent and emerge stronger. Although Jaynes's writing may not rouse an emotionally riveting response, the book is a steady, reliable resource for Christians in pain. (July) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

ChristianBookPreviews.com

Hurt to healing; this is the story our physical scars tell. What we often don’t realize is that our emotional scars tell the same story—and that God can use them to heal other people. That’s the point Sharon Jaynes makes in her excellent book, Your Scars Are Beautiful to God: Finding Peace and Purpose in the Hurts of Your Past. She says, “Scars are not something we need to hide or be ashamed of, but rather an invitation to share the healing power of Jesus Christ with a hurting world. For a scar, by its very definition, implies healing.”
As a woman who bears scars herself, Jaynes knows what she’s talking about. She is the daughter of a former alcoholic and grew up amidst her parents’ rocky marriage. As an adult, she miscarried her second child. But she has learned to allow God to heal others through her wounds, and she now writes to show us how to do the same. With remarkable candor, she moves from acknowledging the scar’s existence to seeing its purpose, then from accepting God’s grace and forgiveness to releasing the power of our scars to heal others.
Your Scars Are Beautiful to God is written well and its message is clear. The tone is gentle and open like a “tell-everything” friend. Jaynes fills the pages with biblical principles and illustrations as well as with personal stories from her years of ministry. She also includes a Bible study guide in the back. Although an emphasis on relationships and feelings slants the book more toward a female audience, it would be useful to anyone who is dealing with wounds from a troubled past. However, the very candidness that makes the book so accessible is its greatest limiter; much of the subject matter is inappropriate for children and young teens.
“Are there beautiful scars in your life that need to be revealed?” Jaynes asks. “I wonder what God wants to accomplish through you. I wonder how long He’s been waiting for you to remove the covering. Don’t be ashamed of your scars, for it is by those very scars that the world will recognize the Savior, Healer, and Lord.” Jaynes’ book is just like the scars it’s written about: raw, personal, sometimes painful, but always purposeful. To anyone who bears scars—whether from mistakes and heartbreaks or from abuse and deception—and to anyone who wants to minister to the hurting, I highly recommend Your Scars Are Beautiful to God. – Rachel Niehaus, Christian Book Previews.com

Editorial Reviews

"With honesty and personal vulnerability, Sharon Jaynes openly shares the hurts of her past and uses the pain as a platform upon which others can find fresh faith and renewed courage. Your Scars Are Beautiful to God is filled with stories of people who chose positive action steps based on biblical truth in the middle of devastating personal challenges. The Bible Study Guide makes it an ideal ministry tool for small groups and for personal application. This book is for everyone who has had a less-than-perfect life."
Carol Kent, speaker and author of When I Lay My Isaac Down


"As I read, and loved, Sharon Jaynes' book, I was reminded of a quote from Romeo and Juliet: 'He jests at scars that never felt a wound'. Most of us have been wounded in life, and all of us can learn much from someone who takes 'scars' seriously. In this book, you'll not only reflect on your own scars—but understand why Jesus made such a point of pointing out His scars as well. Please read this book if you've been hurt, or if you're serious about helping someone else who carries scars from their past or present hurts. Or just read it to learn more about the One whose nail-pierced hands offer each of us a world of help and hope in these challenging times."
John Trent, PhD, President of StrongFamilies and The Center for StrongFamilies

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