I Like Butterflies The New To Come!

I really like butterflies. What do I like about the butterfly? I stopped and starting to think.

I saw the colors and the beautiful designs on its wings, but it was not that beautiful when it first was an egg.

I studied about the butterfly process. It started as an egg, then a larva, then a pupa (cocoon), which turns into a beautiful butterfly.

I started to meditate on this scripture.

2 Corinthians 5-17: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

This means we are going through a process of spiritual growth every day. We are all in a working process of becoming something beautiful from the inside out. Don’t allow yourself to focus so much on the outside appearance. Focus on what you are feeling in the inside. Because the inner beauty we carry in our hearts will manifest on the outside.

I am not endorsing neglecting your outside appearance. However, I am saying take care of your heart. Guard your heart. Fill it with the beauty of God’s Love and His words. The Bible talks says in Proverbs 4:23: “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. 24 Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.”

Get rid of toxic emotions, feelings of unforgiveness, jealousy, bitterness, self-pity and anger. Don’t compare yourself with your sisters or brothers. I love how Joyce Meyer puts in one of her books “Diamonds have many facets.” God is like a flawless diamond, and each of us represents a different facet of Him.  Like the Wing of the Butterfly, each facet has a unique design with many beautiful colors. God made every one of us different. You have a unique talent and calling in your life with a purpose that God has given you. 

Keep yourself humble and not puffed up. Stay humble always, it does not matter what your position is or what you have done; we are all called to be servants of the Lord. We are here on earth to serve our brothers and sisters. Lay our life down for our brother. Don’t listen to the voice of pride. 

 I really love this chapter in Ecclesiastes.  Let me share it with you!

A Time for Everything  NIV Ecclesiastes 3 1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, 6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, 7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. 9 What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Just as the butterfly that started in a plain egg stage and then into a cocoon stage (a tough transition where it becomes closed in and hardly recognizable) sometimes we go through stages like that in our lives. I am not sure where you are at today, maybe through a transition period, or maybe flying free like a butterfly. Remember you are designed with a special purpose from God. Stay encouraged today, and when you see a butterfly outside, think about your life. God is working on my life and your life.  We are all in a working process, transitioning into something beautiful. You are not going to stay in that cocoon forever. You will be turning into the beautiful butterfly that God has designed for you! Keep smiling! Much Love, Estela