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The Lord has recently brought into my life some wonderful people intent on supporting healing of the past. I am so inspired! I started this blog so I would have a place where I can write, put out scriptures, and thoughts. It will be for anyone, based on healing, wholeness, victory, freedom in Christ, and the list goes on and on. I will be adding stories and that kind of thing to help and encourage. I would like to add phone contact info on the blog so if anyone needs further areas to look they can find it. If you would like to have your information published here, please contact me; Words2Bless@hotmail.com ~~Leola

Sunday, June 27, 2010

From the Cocoon to the Butterfly


Do you sometimes feel that you are still in the cocoon but want to burst forth into the butterfly? I see a butterfly as it lights on the butterfly bush outside my front window. It is so graceful. So vibrant. All the colors of the rainbow, and then some. It flies from blossom to blossom taking and giving what is needed to further that plant. Yet, shortly before, it was in a simple cocoon, waiting to be transformed.
We are much like that butterfly. We flitter around from place to place seeking what we can only find from our Heavenly Father. We try to get what we need from the world. From places that are meant to harm us. We are seeking nourishment and comfort from places that were not meant for us. Yet, the cocoon soon evolves into that gorgeous creation that God intended it to be. We, likewise, have to go through the stages of development to reach that ultimate place He has for us in His kingdom. We have trials along the way. But, we overcome. We battle hardships. We wage war sometimes against ourselves. Yet, we are still being molded and shaped by God’s hand. He is still directing our steps and making straight our path. As, one of His creation, we are blessed beyond measure. He keeps His eye on us. When we begin to stray, he gently calls us back to himself. He never slumbers or daydreams. He is always focused on our relationship with Him and with others.
Scripture tells us, “Being confident of this very thing; that He who began a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”. Philippians 1:6 Rest assured that He is working in your transformation. You started on this path with him and he will continue to work until the end; the day we are resurrected to His heavenly home. So give yourself a break! Don’t give up as you go down this path. Don’t have regrets about your choices. Confess, and move on. Maybe you made some bad decisions. Maybe you weren’t all that you should have been. The past is gone and forgotten. The Bible says that it is thrown into the sea. It is as far as the east is from the west. So, don’t you hang on to the past!
God wants to complete that work. To be the beautiful, flowing butterfly for His kingdom. Get up and get moving. Today he wants to use you to minister in someone’s life. Be there. Be available. Be dependable and allow Him to flow through you. As you do, you will become sweet nectar in the lives of someone who is wounded and hurting and feeling unlovely. Let, you, be their answer today.

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