Last updated: June 16, 2025
Initials by Sally I. Kennedy
Peggy and Bill invested their lives in others. They worked tirelessly defending children in the court system, kids who had no one to help them. One clear, sunny day around noon, their small plane took off from the local airport. Within five minutes, as they were still flying low, the plane took a dive and crashed onto a major downtown city street. It was a miracle the plane didn’t land on any cars. Yet it was so very sad that this wonderful couple’s life was so suddenly and prematurely snuffed out.
Many years ago, at a lay renewal retreat weekend, Peggy had left a gift on my pillow. A small unfinished wooden heart, like you’d buy in craft stores. Printed in a black marker was “SK + JC”. Sally Kennedy plus Jesus Christ. Our initials in a heart, signifying we love each other.
That miniature heart still sits on a shelf in my room. When I look at it, I think of the love Peggy had for Jesus and for others. I think of how my initials and Jesus’ are carved in eternity. Carving initials in a tree scars the outer bark, but the tree survives, and the initials are there for the life of the tree. Likewise, when we have cuts, our skin heals. Wounds of the heart are more difficult, though.
When our memories are scars, only Jesus can heal them. We may keep growing, yet the scar remains, until the Lord heals us. Jesus is more than able to heal, He is more than willing, and not just our physical bodies.
That’s good news.
Meditation: “If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.” – Exodus 15:26
Jesus Loves You!
Also read:
- Walking Through the Church Doors
- Understanding God: God of Product Recall and Fresh Beginnings
- The Myth of Omnipresence (6): God in the Garden of Eden
- A Father’s Example
- My Testimony From Witchcraft to Jesus
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