April 2, 2012
Remember those little caterpillars who had a lovely Spring Break in Waco, Texas? Well, today they were released to their freedom. It really is amazing to watch tiny little ugly caterpillars turn themselves into bizarre-looking hanging cocoons and then emerge as these amazing winged creatures with intricate patterns of color. I mean do you ever sit back and just get blown away by the details of creation? So God fills this created earth with a breathe and within that He decides to create these creatures that will exhibit such an intricate metamorphosis, really?!? This is an incredible Creator! We all gathered around their temporary home today just to watch a tiny proboscis uncurl to sip on a slice of orange. The beautiful details of this earth are truly stunning, but how much more should I be stunned by my Creator? I am once again reminded that all that surrounds me is a fallen, broken version of what my God spoke into being. I truly can't even begin to comprehend the beauty of Eden and then, just as significantly, I struggle to understand the truly devastating effects of the sinful fall. I must admit that I obsessed over the butterflies just a bit during their stay in our home. Did we shake them too much? Would all the car vibrations prevent them from making their cocoons? Are we abiding by all the rules in our butterfly pamphlet? What if none of them make it out of the cocoon? Am I feeding them enough? The list of the slightly OCD butterfly keeper goes on and on and on. But today as they crawled to warm themselves in our hands before flight, I was just struck by details of their tiny lives and how much more love and attention has been lavished upon me. The book of Matthew warns us about the sin of anxious living.
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:30-34
The birds eat, the lilies bloom, and the butterflies emerge to fly how much more will my Father of love, goodness, and mercy care for his daughter created in His own image and covered under the blood of His Son?
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