Then, I realize that other parts of life can seem so
insignificant or homely, even ugly and non-descript… but that something… just
something… even special… even what one might call, “Beautiful,” is hidden
beyond the surface.
I think of cocoons and caterpillars hidden away from sight,
in what might seem like an ugly or unimpressive home… only to become the home
or birthplace… as if from a womb, ready to bear something quite remarkable and
impressive… of a beautiful, colorful, lace-like design of a butterfly…
something miraculously different than a caterpillar that can only crawl on the
ground… and yet, it too, has a beauty in and of itself with colorful markings
and hair and a furry body.
So also, a seed… a rather bland object… usually with a hard
surface and no “picture book design” on the outside to tell you what it is or what
it can grow into… and yet, unbelievably, when planted and hidden away, for a period
of time, unique to each seed, it grows into something beautiful and totally
different from the casing in which it was entombed.
Sometimes, I wonder, how and in what ways, we people, who
may feel imprisoned in our thoughts or ways or pasts or busy lives… will
experience a release from what we know and experience now… to become the
beautifully transformed person that God has envisioned and designed for us…
once we move from something dead-like, as a seed… to something fully alive in
His Spirit! Who knows? Maybe before I physically die, I, too, will see the
beauty of His love radiating out in multiple colors and ways, from myself and
the people who walk in His power and light and love.
I look forward to seeing, more and more, the beauty God has
envisioned for me and others and for all of His creation.
Precious Linda, c. 2012
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