as we're watching rick warren's video regarding our first purpose in life, and that is, to worship God... one of his words had an impact to me... and that is metamorphosis... yes, it's the life cycle of the butterfly... metamorphosis... rick warren briefly tackled the stages - from a cocoon, to an ugly bug, to a beautiful butterfly..
the word ugly striked me... our Christian life is like metamorphosis... transformation... just think of the butterfly... at first, it's just a crawling little creature that we just don't mind... afterwards, it will be covered by a chrysalis... we may think that it's ugly because of its appearance... but after enduring few days, it will become a beautiful butterfly...
at first, we are like the caterpillar... we are just small and we're like babies... crawling, searching for God... afterwards, we'll be molded by God.. refined, covered by His wings... and this is the "ugly" point of our lives... this is the time of waiting.. time wherein God allows trials, tribulations, and hardships to come along our way... but because we choose to stay in God's loving arms, we can endure the process... afterwards, we'll become a beautiful butterlfy...
simple as it may seem... but we should take into consideration the "ugly" situations in our life.. for without those, we can't become the best person we could ever be... we won't be what God wants us to be... every cycle is not complete without furnishing or polishing... so as to us, christians, we cannot move on or grow deeper with our relationship with God if we won't face trials and tribulations... let's just remember that just like the butterfly, we'll encounter "ugly" scenes, wherein people may really persecute us... but hey, the life cycle doesn't end there! it produces a beautiful creature! and for us, we'll reap the reward of a righteous life!
the word ugly striked me... our Christian life is like metamorphosis... transformation... just think of the butterfly... at first, it's just a crawling little creature that we just don't mind... afterwards, it will be covered by a chrysalis... we may think that it's ugly because of its appearance... but after enduring few days, it will become a beautiful butterfly...
at first, we are like the caterpillar... we are just small and we're like babies... crawling, searching for God... afterwards, we'll be molded by God.. refined, covered by His wings... and this is the "ugly" point of our lives... this is the time of waiting.. time wherein God allows trials, tribulations, and hardships to come along our way... but because we choose to stay in God's loving arms, we can endure the process... afterwards, we'll become a beautiful butterlfy...
simple as it may seem... but we should take into consideration the "ugly" situations in our life.. for without those, we can't become the best person we could ever be... we won't be what God wants us to be... every cycle is not complete without furnishing or polishing... so as to us, christians, we cannot move on or grow deeper with our relationship with God if we won't face trials and tribulations... let's just remember that just like the butterfly, we'll encounter "ugly" scenes, wherein people may really persecute us... but hey, the life cycle doesn't end there! it produces a beautiful creature! and for us, we'll reap the reward of a righteous life!
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