"Do
caterpillars know they're going to be butterflies, or does God surprise
them?" (Family Circus, Bil Keane, Feb. 23, 2007)
Last fall I watched the caterpillars
crawling for safety. It was a slow, long
crawl to a destination I did not know. I don’t know if they did either.
This summer I saw the transformed butterflies in my backyard enjoying the plants. It appears their long crawl was successful.
I wonder what it was like
that first day when they awoke to find themselves flying instead of crawling?
Was this a long-winter’s night
dream come true or a shocking revelation?
So much of life is lived like
a caterpillar crawling for food, for shelter, for security, for safety.
But then, one day, or maybe
several “one days”, we wake up and discover we have wings and we are doing
things we only dreamed.
Whether we knew such a day
was coming or not, it always has an element of complete surprise. I can fly? I can fly!
May God grant you a butterfly
surprise, my friends, sooner than you imagined, and not later than you
need. And may you remember to thank God
for the wings.
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