I have been thinking (my husband would say this is dangerous) throughout last week, for various reasons I truly struggled. With that struggling, the Enemy took those weaknesses and ran, playing with my mind and spirit all week. It made me sad and hurt, but it also for some crazy reason, got me thinking of the book the Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. This was my daughter Emma’s favorite when she was tiny and I have read it loads of times. In the book this foolish caterpillar ate and ate and ate EVERYTHING he could get a hold of. Then of course he was sick and hurting from the abuse to his body. When he took the time to rest from all that unhealthyness and eat the healthy green leaf he began to be transformed., into a butterfly. Of I want so much to be transformed. But I realized last week not just of my body, and believe me I WANT to transform my body, but also my mind, and my thinking, and my heart. Of what I feel my value as a person is. I want to see myself as our Father sees me…a beautiful butterfly. I will stay the course on this journey and when I fall, I will pick myself up and brush off the crumbs and continue on my tansformation because I am worthy of health, and beauty no matter what the Enemy tries to tell me.
Maybe this sounds totally corny and you are thinking I am a bit of a loon, but I wanted to share what was on my heart in hopes that it might help someone else.
This was not “corny” at all. It was very beautifully said.
Comment by Cristina — March 5, 2007 @ 7:48 am
Great insight!
Comment by Jana — March 5, 2007 @ 8:05 am
AWESOME!! Thank you for this!
Comment by blestwithsons — March 5, 2007 @ 8:14 am
Your insight is not corny at all!
Comment by Anita — March 5, 2007 @ 8:57 am
That was really beautiful. Thanks for sharing this!
Comment by Karen — March 5, 2007 @ 10:31 am
I love that book too and your comments are so apt. Well done. And you know we have insights where we are at the moment. Its not as if we have to wait for the proper spiritual setting or reading the right book or hearing the sermon. God is with us all day every day and he can speak to us just as easily through a chidren’s book as he can through a church service or a bible reading. And cos it creeps up on us, so to speak we probably listen better.
And you still lost wieght this week so well done for surviving your blues. hope the coming week is much better.
Comment by elly — March 5, 2007 @ 3:51 pm