After my conversation with Grady it occurred to me why his preferred greeting was a ldquo fist bump rdquo not a handshake A handshake would rsquo ve exposed the scars on his wrist mdash the result of his attempts to do himself harm It rsquo s not uncommon for us to hide our wounds mdash external or internal mdash caused by others or self-inflicted After interacting with Grady I thought about Jesus rsquo physical scars the wounds caused by nails pounded into His hands and feet and a spear thrust into His side Rather than hiding His scars Jesus called
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