Wings to fly out of the mush

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To become a butterfly, a caterpillar spins a cocoon and digests itself. It basically turns into what looks like a big mushy soup, yet certain groups of cells survive, turning the "soup" into eyes, wings, antennae and other structures.

Have you ever felt like your life circumstances have broken you down so much, you are just one big mushy soup or one big splat of goo like the photo above?? I have. More than once. 

Inside the cocoon the caterpillar no longer looks like what it did. One would think it dead - but it's not. He is very alive inside its little cocoon. God takes those cells that have been broken down and rearranges them to create a new creature. On the other side of the gooey "blob" is a butterfly!

We too can look forward to being transformed into a creature that could do more than before. Not only at the resurrection, but during our lives as God grows us. When we feel so beaten down there is nothing of us left, do not worry! God is rearranging our "spiritual cells" into a being that can "fly higher" than before.  Praise God for His faithfulness!

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Psalm 61:2 From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. (ESV)