On the surface, there isn’t much difference between Peter Parker’s Spider-Man and the gallery of rogues he is frequently forced to deal with… each suffered devastating personal losses and endured unique, life-altering accidents that transformed them, disrupting their “normal” lives permanently. But while these villains fixated on what they lost and used these painful events as an excuse for their bad behavior, Peter refused to allow his pain of losing Uncle Ben or the way his life was irrevocably changed as a reason to become bitter, angry, or selfish. Instead, he used them to become a beacon of hope to anyone in need of a friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man… the bite that changed him became his calling.

We will all endure “spider bite” moments in our lives that transform us as well as grieve losses that leave painful scars. But what our enemy set in motion to destroy our lives and steal our joy isn’t the end of our story… it’s the first chapter of a new mission. Our pain and trauma does not define us or determine our future… it is how we choose to react to these moments that decides if we allow them to make us bitter or use our testimony to make our world better. God doesn’t design our pain, but He will use these events to unlock a previously unseen destiny in our lives… one that our neighborhood desperately needs.

But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. Genesis 50:20

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28

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