Lots of people don't understand tattoos or why someone would get one. This one though, is very meaningful to me and i thought i would share about why i chose to get it and why it is so meaningful to me.
i think there is a misconception that people get tattoos as a "decoration" like a piece of jewlery, and while some people do, not everyone. That the tattoos are for other people to look at, and admittedly, i have seen these people, and i'm not real fond of that type of tattoo. This one, I didn't get for anyone else to look at, i got it because i wanted to look at it, It is purely for me, and what everyone else thinks, is secondary.
The symbolism in this tattoo is that the 2 hearts are my husband and I, and the cross of course Christ. If you look you'll see that the 2 hearts can not "get to each other" without going through the cross. The hearts are also smaller than the cross. The meaning in this for me is that even the most important relationships in my life (my marriage) are NOTHING without Christ in the middle.
I chose to have this tattoo placed on my wrist so that I could see it all the time. So that sometimes, i'll catch a glimpse of it in my day and i can stop what i'm doing and pray, or just take time to listen to God, because that's not something i often slow down enough to do. I have also found that in times of despair, when i feel the whole world is against me, i often literally hang my head. and in doing so am left looking at my hands. In those times, I will see this tattoo, even if i am angry at God, it will take me back to the time when i wasn't, and i will be reminded that whatever is wrong, however bad it is, God is in the middle of it and it will be ok.
as an unexpected plus of the tattoo...people ask about it. It was done very well, and people who like tattoos will stop and ask me who did it, ect. what it means, different things like that. I find that though i didn't plan for it to be, it is an opening to a "kingdom conversation" a conversation that lets people know about God, and that helps me to reach out to a group of people that i probably wouldn't reach out to.
If scarring my skin can help to keep me strong and focused, and maybe lead someone else to Christ as an unexpected "side effect" i don't see how my decision was a bad one. I am very pleased with it, and i am hoping that in writing this, some of you that think i've "lost it" will see that i haven't, i'm just a little unconventional. But you, didn't ever think i was normal did you?
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