Brennan Manning wrote, “Anyone God uses significantly is always deeply wounded … We are, each and every one of us, insignificant people whom God has called and graced to use in a significant way … On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.”24 It is not by our gifts, insights, ideas, or qualifications that God is determined to heal the world, but by our scars. By his wounds we are healed,25 and by our wounds the healing is shared.
