The document tells a story of a mother who has scarred arms from rescuing her daughter from a nursery fire. Every night, the daughter tells her mother she doesn't love her ugly arms. One night, the mother explains how she got the scars saving the daughter from the fire. The next night, the daughter tells her mother she loves her arms the most. The conclusion compares Jesus to the mother, saying his scarred arms reveal how much he loves people and what it cost him to save them from hell.

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Youth Ideas Scarred Arms
Jesus' scarred
arms reveal his
love for us.
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Every night, the young mother
rocked her young 3 year old
daughter to sleep and each
night the same conversation
took place between mother and
daughter.
The young mother would first
tell a story, then say a prayer for
her daughter, and finally hum a
lulaby.
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The daughter would then respond
by touching her mother’s soft hair
and saying, “Mommy, your hair is
so pretty. I love your hair.”
She would stroke her mother’s
cheek and say, “Mommy, your
face is so pretty. I love your face”
Finally, the little girl would point
at her mother’s arms and say,
“But Mommy, your arms are ugly.
I don’t love your arms.”
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This bedtime ritual went on
night after night. Then one
evening, after the little girl had
once again told her mother that
she did not love her arms, the
mother decided it was time to
tell her daughter the story of
her scarred arms.
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The mother gently explained,
“When you were a baby, there
was a fire in the nursery. You
were trapped in your crib and
would have surely burned to
death. But I heard you crying,
ran into the room, and had to
reach through the flames in
order to save you from the fire.
The fire burned mommy’s arms
very badly and that is why my
arms are so ugly.”
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The child thoughtfully nodded.
A couple minutes passed. The
mother assumed that her
daughter was probably too
young to understand.
Then the little girl began her
nightly ritual and began by
touching her mother’s soft
hair.
“Mommy, your hair is so pretty.
I love your hair.”
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As usual, she stroked her
mother’s cheek and said,
“Mommy, your face is so pretty.
I love your face”
Then, for the first time in the
little girl’s life, she reached
down and began to gently
caress her mother’s arms and
said, “Mommy, your arms are
prettiest of all. I really love your
arms.”
Jesus is just like that mother
with disfigured arms.
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He has reached through the fires
of hell to rescue you from the
crib of death.
His scarred arms are beautiful
because they reveal how much
he loves you and what it cost
him to save you from the flames.
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