I have really enjoyed our "Scars" series. It has forced us in a way to look at the areas in our lives that are left suppressed unless we force ourselves to face them. It's risky business! I felt an extra anointing, i can say that, this weekend while sharing the message. I know with all my heart that God wants to make us whole so that we can be complete and enjoy our lives in abundance. Too many of us for too long find ourselves running as fast as we can on a treadmill and still ending up nowhere, and empty at that. The take away from this weeks message was: what are the things that WE need to do, or the risks that WE need to take in order to bring healing and find reconciliation in our scars. We looked at the amazing transformation of Saul/Paul, and the relational encounter between him and Ananias that changed the course of Christian History. Both  of them took great risks to come together and obey God. Both of them had to humble themselves greatly and lay down what THEY thought was the right thing to do. In the end, God was glorified and the return of their obedience still impacts us today. Today, we have 1/3 of the New Testament which as written by Paul. Today, there is no slave, Greek, Jew, black, white, hispanic, ect..We are all one! Thanks Ananias and Paul, we owe you one! Let's learn from their example today and humble ourselves and take great risks to bring healing to our scars. If you have the time, I would encourage you to read over Acts 9 and be challenged by their story.