The Butterfly

A caterpillar may not seem like one of God's most beautiful creatures nut nature slowly changes it until it finally becomes what it is meant to be - a butterfly. This new creature mo longer crawls, it flies. It no longer chews on leaves, it sips sweet tasting nectar. The caterpillar has not been destroyed, it has been transformed and it takes on a new kind of life. 

 

The butterfly is an apt symbol of the resurrection. It symbolizes that we will not be destroyed in death but transformed and given a new life. The transformation already begins in this life as we die to selfishness and grow into love. If we choose the beginnings of this transformation now, God will complete it through our death and resurrection into a new life that will be everlasting. This is the promise of God.