Nearly 8 weeks ago, my Mom brought us a nice squishy and juicy caterpillar. We were not sure if he would make a cocoon, but thought the kids would enjoy watching him crawl around in a nice big pickle jar we had just emptied anyhow. We picked some grass and got a couple little twigs and added to our jar and waited to see what would happen. It didn't take long, the next day I believe, for him to begin spinning his cocoon. We watched every time we walked by to see how he was doing. Hannah noticed about a week later the intricacies of the cocoon... Mr. Cater Pillar had spun his home with unbelievable detail, weaving his cocoon in such a way that there were 3 evenly spaced air holes in the top! Talk about a Master Designer!! We waited... and waited... and waited... I had nearly given up on him, and suddenly this week as I walked by, I saw a bustling movement in the jar, and "Luney" the Luna Moth had come out of his cocoon!! Now... for the examples and lessons learned... This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 5:17. First lesson... I honestly had thought a week prior to 'Looney's' hatching that it had been too long, and nearly got rid of cocoon, jar and all. How often do we do that with others... give up on them and think they are hopeless and throw them away, not knowing the awesome work that Jesus may have in store for them just around the corner. Second lesson... I thought when butterflies (in this case a moth) hatched they were flight ready. Not so, his wings needed to grow, his body change, and both of these took time - not much, but time nonetheless. Third lesson... Even the squishiest gooiest caterpillar can become a beautiful butterfly (moth). No one is too far gone for Jesus to save. He takes our goo and makes it beautiful. Fourth lesson... once the moth was flight ready, there was no turning back to the old way!! Just like we are to do a 180 degree turn around and not look back at the old self. True repentance is turning an about face away from the sins I used to be enslaved to and flying to Jesus and living for Him. |
Monday, July 4, 2011
Lessons from the Luna Moth
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