The backstory of the Master Chief isn’t pretty… the ordinary boy known as John-117 endured horrific traumas that permanently scarred him in order to transform him into the super soldier that we know and love. While his heroic path doesn’t absolve the actions of those who used their positions of power to manipulate and disfigure him, these painful events were still used to serve a valuable and critical purpose. No, it wasn’t fair that he was forced to suffer at the hands of those who lacked a moral compass, but the Chief didn’t allow his past to make him bitter or angry. Instead, he chose to use the very experiments that could’ve destroyed him to save the world… including the souls who were responsible for causing all of this pain to him in the first place.

We’ve all endured different moments of trauma and pain in our lives due to the selfish actions of others, but if we choose to submit our scars to the Lord He will turn these events that could’ve destroyed us into a powerful testimony of His grace to preserve us, grow us, build us up, and save others. Even Jesus carries scars that serve as a permanent reminder of the evil that men are capable of… but His scars also prove that in the hands of our Heavenly Father, even those actions that were meant to harm us can be used by Him to achieve a purpose beyond our comprehension.

But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. Genesis 50:20

And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Romans 5:3

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