"Everything we experience is a two-sided coin."

A thought by Mark Batterson from his book, Win the Day (p. 35). The Crown Publishers Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon to buy the book.)

Yes it is!

Mark says, "It can make us or break us, and that’s up to us. You can get frustrated with the fact that you’re right handed or left handed, or you can cultivate ambidexterity. You don’t get to choose how your story starts, but the ending is up to you."

He goes on, "God can flip any script, and that includes David versus Goliath!

"If you want to bury dead yesterdays, you’ve got to come to grips with who you are in Christ. False humility is thinking of yourself as anything less than who God says you are, and it’s as destructive as pride. You may be up against a giant, but you are in Christ. And in Christ, you are nobody’s underdog! Just like He did with David, God will turn your weakness into ambidextrous strength.

"Your brave is someone else’s breakthrough.

"Your hurt is someone else’s healing.

"Your disappointment is someone else’s deliverance."

He continues, "One final footnote.

"Do you know the best predictor of children’s emotional well-being? It wasn’t hugs and kisses, though I’m sure those help. It wasn’t getting them into the best schools. It wasn’t even taking them to see the latest and greatest Pixar film, though I’m sure that can’t hurt! According to the researchers, a critical indicator of well-being is whether children know their family history!

Mark says, "If you don’t know your family history, it’s like skipping the first few pages of a book or the first few minutes of a movie. It’s hard to see ourselves as a subplot. It’s hard to locate the part we play in the story. The same is true spiritually. When you are born into the family of God, you get grafted into the story God has been writing since day one. That script is called Scripture, and it contains our family history. It’s how we discover who the heavenly Father is. It’s how we discover who we are as the children of God.

He then says, "The Bible is your backstory. Your life is the rest of the story. In fact, you are the only Bible some people may ever read. Are you a good translation? The key, of course, is connecting the dots. If God did it before, He can do it again. If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

"Flip the script."

He can do it again. Will you let Him?

Yes, yes!

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