Why did Jesus keep the scars from his crucifixion?

…The scars are, to him, an emblem of life on our planet, a permanent reminder of those days of confinement and suffering. …I take hope in Jesus’ scars. …They represent the most horrible event that has ever happened.

…Easter turned [that event] into a memory. Because of Easter, I can hope that the tears we shed, the blows we receive, the emotional pain, the heartache over lost friends and loved ones, all these will become memories, like Jesus’ scars.

We will have re-created bodies, a re-created heaven and earth. We will have a new start, an Easter start.

from The Jesus I Never Knew