There was a story several years ago about twin sisters who had an alcoholic mother. One of them became an alcoholic, but the other didn’t drink at all. When the alcoholic sister was asked why she drank, she said, “Well, my mother was an alcoholic, so what do you expect?” When the other sister was asked why she didn’t drink, she said, “Well, my mother was an alcoholic, so what do you expect?”
Regardless of our past, we have a choice as it relates to our future. We can choose to allow our past to ruin our future, or we can choose to allow our past to change our future. God formed us, sin deformed us but Jesus can transform us. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things become new.” God can turn your mess into a message, your test into a testimony, your trial into a triumph and a victim into a victory! The reality of what is can bind you or set you free. The choice is yours!