05/07/2026
His wounds - The place of healing
God does not stand outside our brokenness demanding that we repair ourselves before approaching Him. In Christ, He enters the fracture itself. What appears ruined becomes the very place where grace overflows most abundantly.
Second Epistle to the Corinthians speaks of this paradox:
“My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.”
Not weakness glorified for its own sake, but weakness transformed by divine presence.
Healing “from the inside out” reflects the pattern of resurrection itself. Christ does not merely cover wounds externally; He transfigures the human person from within. The heart becomes the place of new creation.
This is why the risen Christ still bears wounds:
not as signs of defeat,
but as transfigured openings of love,
reminders that nothing surrendered to God is wasted.
The healing of grace is not cosmetic restoration. It is participatory restoration:
fear becoming peace,
shame becoming communion,
fragmentation becoming wholeness,
death becoming life.
The early Church often described salvation less as legal acquittal and more as healing illumination — humanity being restored into communion with divine life. In this sense, grace is not merely pardon; it is medicine, fire, light, breath, and life itself.
You could even say:
Grace does not bypass the broken places.
It fills them until they become radiant.
Or perhaps:
The cracks in us become windows through which resurrection light enters the world.
