Tattoos on the Mind

Tattoos are very popular today. 36% of Americans between the age of 18 and 29 have at least one tattoo. Of the ones that get them 17% regret having them.  It does not have the same association as it did when I was a kid. Tattoos were looked at as a bad thing that could only be found on people that had traveled to various parts of the world where it was more main stream. It was assumed that only bad men had them and women having them was unheard of. Today it is an art form covering every topic. For some people tattoos cover most of their body. Why people put certain tattoos on their body usually has to do with what they have passion for.

Norman Vincent Peale of the Power of Positive Thinking fame told a story about the time he went to Hong Kong China. As he walked the streets there, he came across a tattoo parlor. Looking at all the samples in the window he noticed one that said “Born to Lose”. He walked in and pointed to that tattoo. The man there said “Take your shirt off”. Mr. Peale said no I don’t want a tattoo. I was wondering do people really get this “Born to Lose” tattooed to their chest? The shop owner said “yes some do”. Mr. Peale asked why? The tattoo parlor owner pointed to his head and said “it is tattooed to their mind first”.

What is tattooed to your mind? Is it something positive or something negative? I have seen a TV show where these two guys walk around their town looking for people with bad tattoos. They then offer to put a new tattoo over the bad one making something beautiful out of something ugly. Maybe it’s time for some of you to turn that old ugly tattoo in your mind into something beautiful. Tattoos are considered permanent. With the help of a Master, you can get to a point of never having to look at that old ugly tattoo again. You have to get it covered with something new so it completely makes the old tattoo disappear never to be seen again. That’s what the Master Jesus Christ does for us. He covers our old ugly tattoos of fear, anger, shame and sin with his blood never to be seen again.

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