{"id":9151,"date":"2012-05-24T06:31:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T11:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=9151"},"modified":"2012-05-29T11:33:20","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T16:33:20","slug":"will-i-see-you-on-the-flipside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/will-i-see-you-on-the-flipside\/","title":{"rendered":"Will I see you on the flipside?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cool cats used to say, “See you on the flipside.”<\/strong> Apparently when you flip a day onto its back you get another day, not the nighttime.<\/p>\n

A cat (yes, I’m talking felines now) works the same way. If you flip a cat over it doesn’t hit its backside, but it’s flipside. The right side. The same side it should be on. A dog? Forget it. It’s a trip to animal hospital.<\/p>\n

The flipside of a coin doesn’t work the same as a cat. The flipside of the coin is the other side. It’s the head or the tail: the opposite. Most people want money and not cats.<\/p>\n

Is the flipside like the Kingdom of God?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I went to my first Special Olympics to cheer on my son in the swimming event. Backstroke and freestyle. I saw the flipside. The Kingdom of God is like the Special Olympics. Those who are always last in life get a chance to be first. It’s actually fierce competition, in case you’re wondering.<\/p>\n

Athletes train for months. 70% of the swimmers would have bested me in the pool despite possessing Downs Syndrome, mental retardation, autism, and so forth. Counted out in every other point, but no more. It was a day of winning and accomplishment.<\/p>\n

Athletes are grouped according to skill level, and sometimes, age. Poor swimming form meets with disqualification. Did you get that? You can be disqualified! I was stunned.<\/p>\n

So, not everyone gets a medal in S.O.? Nope. Only one athlete gets first place. This makes the victory legit. A first place medal really means something. It really means #1. It really gives an athlete something to fully celebrate and gives a family something to truly cheer about.<\/p>\n

The huge difference between the Special Olympics and the typical Olympics and most other sporting events, is that each athlete is treated<\/strong> like a winner. Everyone is acknowledged. No one is a loser. No one puts a mic in their face and says, “What went wrong?” If one flounders in the water…well, like a cat…one still gets a participation ribbon. Everyone is accepted no matter how they do.<\/p>\n

This is how we can enact the Kingdom of God right now. Find someone who’s usually last. Economically, socially, culturally, mentally, and then find a way to make them first, to offer and enact true acceptance. It’s the flipside. It’s the righted way of the world as God’s wants it to be.<\/p>\n

Will I see you on the flipside?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>What are some ideas to reveal the Kingdom of God flipside?<\/p>\n

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