I have been thinking long and hard what my first blog post should be about and so whats better than making it about butterflies. Little background for those who don’t know I am obsessed with butterflies and have been for a good 15 years now. This being said God spoke right to me through one of my amazing squad members, Melanie. She gave me an analogy using butterflies…
A caterpillar forms a cocoon and then is transformed into a butterfly (I hope all know that and if not, your welcome). In that cocoon a caterpillar is completely disintegrate and becomes a green slimy substance and somehow that green slimy substance becomes a beautiful butterfly. I decided to go on world race because I am a caterpillar. I want God to wrap me in my own cocoon, to break me down, and make me disintegrated completely. Throughout these 9 months I want to hatch into a butterfly, a pure woman of christ.
A woman of christ is talked about in the bible many times but these bible verses will stick with me in my journey. These are my goals and wants out of these 9 months. Proverbs 31:26 says “she opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue”. I want God to reborn me into this kind of woman. I want to speak only words of kindness. Proverbs 14:1 says “the wisest of women builds her house, but the folly with her own hand tears it down”. I want to build my house of Christ and live in it forever. I want to drop the sin I would tear this house down with. and Song of Solomon 4:1 says ” behold you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful”. I want to grow to love myself and see myself as Christ sees me. But most importantly in these 9 months I want to help people in Guatemala, Lesotho, and Cambodia go from caterpillars to butterflies.
