Will the unexpected in your life story make you bitter or better? Sarah Lynn Phillips tells her family's story of a near-fatal car crash with realism, emotion, and transparency in Penned Without Ink. This leader's guide enables you to dig deeper into the relevant themes shared in both Penned Without Ink and biblical narratives. Sarah offers practical hope for life-change through individual study and group discussion. When faced with uncertainty and disappointment, renew your trust in a loving God who writes your story with purpose and grace. This guide includes chapter by chapter resources for group leaders. The reproducible study sheets are for participants to work on at home. Bitter or better? We all make this choice, whether we are in a comfortable chapter of our lives or one filled with difficulties and despair. A faithful God desires to write your life story-no matter what happens.