ENTRY #25: A Place of Hope
The butterfly is an amazing creature. The fact that it is the result of a metamorphosis from a caterpillar is incredible. According to McManus, the butterfly was one of the most famous metaphors to ever come from the early followers of Christ.
It's a good way to describe the change that happens to a person when they become a believer. Too bad God doesn't give us giant colorful wings as soon as we surrender to Him in prayer, huh? That would be wild. In the summer time it would be hard to hide your faith. If persecution became rampant, it'd be easy to spot the Christians.
The author wonders out loud what makes the caterpillar start to break out of the coccoon. What is he or she thinking? The incredible struggle and difficult task of breaking out of this thing makes the new creature -- the butterfly -- build the strength with which to fly. There really is a lot to learn from watching the world around us. Creation certainly glorifies its Creator. I wonder if God gets mad when He watches the Discovery Channel and they make a passing reference to "billions and billions of years of evolutionary process..." I wonder if He's ever taken a tv set and tossed it out of a window of Heaven, watching it plummet for miles and miles to shatter on a planet or moon somewhere...?
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at December 3, 2007 09:31 AM