Butterfly

I love to listen to Joyce Meyer in the morning. Somethings I listen to over and over again. Lately I have been listening to being transformed. She talks about how when we ask God to bring a change in us and when He does that then, we usually will whine about the change. She talks about a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. We don't know what kind of pain might be involved with that process but there is going to be a change. A transformation will take place and a new thing we will have.

2009 was a changing year for me. I have thought about how much whining I did in the process. How many times did I ask God to take it all away? Did I just live in that moment and let God mold and change me? How many times did I thank Him for this change and His love that got me through? There were times I whined, times I cried, times I praised, times I thanked, and times I just sat in the mist of it all. As I look back there are things I regret saying or doing and things I regret not saying or doing. Much was learned about myself and God's love in this year.

As a caterpillar is captive to the ground, a butterfly is free to go where it may. How willing are we to be transformed? To be the butterfly God wants us to be.....