Metamorphosis

So many people have been asking us about Glenn's employment situation when we return to Fort Wayne. He doesn't have anything solid yet...but he did have a lot of great leads the week we spent in Indiana. We are trusting that God is going to provide...we just have to wait on HIS timing...and not our own!! I wanted to share with you what I read during my Quiet Time today...which is exactly where we are drawing our encouragement from...God is good...we have NO doubts!!!!


When a caterpillar is on its journey to becoming a butterfly, it goes through an amazing change, a metamorphosis. But what is perplexing is that the change requires the caterpillar to go dormant. The caterpillar spins itself into a cocoon and stays there-seemingly dead to the world.

Sometimes we have cocooning times. We usually don't like them. They may seem boring, and you may even feel that God isn't moving fast enough. You might be tempted to question God, "He gave me this vision, right?" or "If you gave me this plan, why don't you do something to move it forward God?" You may even be tempted to rip the cocoon apart yourself and take matters into your own hands, running ahead of God's timing.

But the cocoon is all part of the plan. If you tear open a cocoon too soon, science tells us that the wings of the butterfly will be underdeveloped, that it is the act of struggling to get out of the cocoon that strengthens them. It is in the stillness that we hear God. It is in the waiting that character is formed. Psalm 37:34 instructs us what to do while we wait: "Travel steadily along his path." Then the results are given: "He will honor you, giving you the land."

If we wait, nuzzled close to God, when he releases us, we will have a beautiful flight, producing an abundant harvest.