| The Butterfly |
| I believe everything was created for a reason. That God, in His infinite wisdom, knew exactly what he was doing during creation, and that nothing was an accident or a mistake. For to believe otherwise, would be to believe in a flawed God. I believe the giraffe was created intentionally with a long neck, not to make us laugh at its awkwardness, but to bring us joy at watching its slender grace as it reaches into the tree tops for its food. I believe the fly was created as an annoyance to us in the hot summertime, solely to make us grateful for its absence. I believe the orangutan was created simply to make us smile, the porcupine to make us wary, and the butterfly to keep us in awe of God. Think for a moment about the butterfly. God created a caterpillar. How difficult it is to look at that ugly thing and imagine the beautiful creation it will become? It wasn't created as a butterfly, but God created it to emerge as a butterfly. He created the process and the means for it to become what He truly intends for it to be. The caterpillar inches along throughout it's life, overcoming one obstacle after another. When it's life has been fulfilled, it's useless body wraps itself into a cocoon and seals itself to hide the creature it once was. The caterpillar is no more. Is it dead? No. It just isn't a caterpillar any longer. For once the cocoon opens, a new creature emerges, more beautiful than anything the caterpillar could ever imagine. It extends it's magnificent wings and flies off into the Heavens. Such is the passing of a loved one. When their life on earth is passed, we wrap their useless body, worn and weary from the years, and place it in a casket and mourn their passing. But wait! Remember the caterpillar. Instead of sorrow, we should express our joy, for the fight has been won and the difficult journey is over. We say, "They have died." But is this true? Have our loved ones truly died? Like the caterpillar, they have shed the old body. They will emerge new again and rise from that cocoon, more beautiful than ever imagined as they rise towards the Heavens to meet a loving God. It's not the end of life, any more than a cocoon is the end of the life of the caterpillar. |
| © Ferna Lary Mills |
| What the caterpillar believes is the End of the World, the butterfly knows is the Beginning! |
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| The Miracle © Ferna Lary Mills The tiny caterpillar sleeps, wrapped in a silk cocoon. It didn’t die. It only waits. It will rise again very soon. The breath of God revives it and dries each stiff, wet wing. When it finally emerges, I believe even Angels sing. The miracle lies not in the change of its wingspan or girth. The miracle is that God allows us to witness its rebirth. Don’t grieve for the caterpillar, for it truly didn’t die. God simply had a greater need for a beautiful butterfly. Freed from its earthly bondage with wings of delicate lace, it now soars in the Heavens, closer to God’s loving Face. |
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