I find the TV series, Criminal Minds, to be consistently thought-provoking. In one of the episodes this season Agent Rossi commented, "scars remind us where we've been, they don't have to dictate where we're going." I love that redemptive thought.
We have all been changed, healed, and called to be dispensers of grace and justice. And, now we are about to be part of something NEW. I don't yet know what this new thing is, but I know it's coming...