We have so much to learn from the butterfly. For the past three days I've seen one busily flying across my path. In it's early stages in life, it's a bug in a cocoon. All warm, cozy, and comfy. I imagine if I were in a cocoon it'd be hard for me to adjust to anything else. I've got all I need right? What the bug doesn't realize, we often don't realize either. Radical transformation happens outside the cocoon. The cocoon can hinder or even stop that transformation from happening. All the change in the world can happen inside the cocoon, but if the cocoon is not removed, no change matters.
So here's a lesson in change: If you don't like change, your cocoon may be the very thing that prevents you from experiencing life changing reality. God has a plan and a bright future for us all. We must throw off the cocoon, and become the new creation which Christ has promised.
This weekend at Caswell, I saw many students learn the lesson of real, transformational change. I spoke to many on the phone today, to see how their "first day" out of the cocoon was. Some were really excited. Some appeared to be still in the cocoon. It was an awesome weekend where I saw God's hand once again move in the hearts and lives of students. The challenge, will be to keep the butterfly from crawling back into the cocoon.
Let's see, Cocoon or Flying Free...I'd rather be free!
2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
1 comments:
Awesome blog honey. I remember when I decided to come out of my cocoon. That's when I started to focus on what is really important in life.
G O D
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