I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone speak so candidly about a devastating event that disfigured the face and arms of a 15-year-old boy. Samuel was as real in his discussion with us as he was in his book, Can You See My Scars? It was a normal day just before the start of his sophomore year in high school when he was the victim of negligence that took away his normal experience of life. In an instant it was replaced by one composed of excruciating pain which altered him physically, mentally and spiritually. His account of the years between then and now (he’s 27) is difficult to hear. His experience and relationship with God evolved into a beautiful thing as he walked, slow and sometimes stumbling, through the day by day challenges. In these years he has experienced joy, too, and the outcome is a tender portrait of God’s grace and His longing to bless us as we seek Him.
Anne Cregger