No matter how hard I try I just can’t get away from the “butterfly”. I really wish I was one I think. I am 99 % sure that every one would have to agree, butterflies are beautiful.
Most of all the process of metamorphosis is amazing. Ever since I became a Christian I always think of metamorphosis when I think of the change that takes place in an individual when they accept Gods invitation to come into their lives.
We are born as humans learning all about the world, people, relationships, rules and regulations, acceptable and unacceptable behavior just as the caterpillar is crawling around. We get our education and hopefully we have someone who cares enough about us to introduce us to God’s Word. But even if we don’t, He has a plan. People who have never even read the Bible have been known to accept Him as their Lord and Savior. What a Wonderful Holy Spirit.
But as we begin that turn in our spiritual lives, the caterpillar is spinning that cocoon around itself and we are spinning round and round with decisions as God begins to deal with us to reach us, offering us His Love and Freedom.
Upon opening the cocoon from certain death if the caterpillar stayed there or excepting Christ as our Savior in comparison we are freed from death and the chains that sin grips us in. We step out into the same world as a new person, but with so much more potential to become even more beautiful, inside and out.
So upon exiting that cocoon, God gives us wings to fly. We are free as individuals to work out our own Salvation and free to fly as high as we possibly can for Him, the One who gave His only Son to free us.
And there are so many other ways to compare the metamorphosis process to our Christian lives. I believe God gave us the butterfly for more reasons than something beautiful to feast our eyes upon. I believe He gave us the butterfly to help us to understand Him better.
The butterfly glorifies God.
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