Butterfly Effect

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over it became a butterfly." ---Proverb

As I transitioned into my thirties this year, I was given a journal with this quote by a special person in my life. Upon reading the quote inscribed on the journal I begin to have an emotional moment. For many years I had been a caterpillar, and now at the good old age of 30 it felt as if I was finally transitioning into a beautiful butterfly. As I reminisced over my life, I realized that this transition had not been an easy one. There were many ups, and downs, many nights I soaked my pillow cases with my tears, many days I questioned the process, but alas the day had finally come when I would break out of my cocoon and emerge out into the earth as a beautiful butterfly.

Change is inevitable, it is a process that we all must go through, a transforming process, where we experience a change in our lives to help push us to our destiny. As we transition from a caterpillar to a butterfly the process is never an easy one. The metamorphic process that takes place usually requires some type of death, not only in the natural but also in the spiritual. Many of us have experienced a point in our lives where we felt like the pressure of life was "too much" for us to handle. Yet it is at these moments when we are hit the hardest, that God reminds us that what we are experiencing is a part of the process working out for our good. Romans 8:28 tells us that "All things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose.

As we experience these moments of change in our lives, we must remember that the transformation process takes time. It is not something that is going to happen overnight but a process that takes most of us years to go through. It is a process that helps to shape our mental, physical, and spiritual state of being. We never stop changing, but we do get to a core in our existence where we mature into a beautiful butterfly. So the next time, the cares of life seem to weigh you down, the winds of adversity are blowing you to and fro, remind yourself that this is a part of the transformation process working out for your good. Don't focus on the pain of the process but keep your mind and eyes focused on the end result. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, so get ready because the day is coming where you will have to spread your wings and prepare to fly. Yet for now be content in the state that you are in for, we are all caterpillars trying to be butterflies.