Meditations—points to ponder

To one degree or another we are all displaced, discouraged, defeated, and dominated—and some of us feel it more than others. 

We are adrift in the middle of a shark-infested ocean, 

crying out to be rescued from drowning, waiting for someone to throw us a lifeline. 

It is in this place of desperation where we most clearly see 

the stains that run deeper than the scars. 

Here, where we’re stripped of everything that enables us to remain self-dependent 

and blind, we find clarity. Only when we lose ourselves can we find ourselves. 

Then we are able to see the tattoos on our souls that tell us of our 

beginning, purpose, worth, calling, and love. 

Sam Kee believes that tattooed on your soul are the permanent stories 

of who you are, which you must see if you’re going to know true dignity. 

Yes, every tattoo has a story, but also, every story has tattoos. 

And they don’t come from what you’ve accomplished or what has been handed to you 

by others. These tattoos come from Another Hand.

Tattoos can be found in the Bible, and on the Person you’d least expect. 

In the ancient Hebrew book of Isaiah, we read about tattoos on the very hands of God. 

Samuel Kee Soul Tattoo Introduction

Isaiah 49:16 (ESV) — 16a Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; … …