Hey supporters, friends, family, and everyone in between!
Just wanna share a personal testimony of what the Lord has been doing in me lately.
I've been reading a book called Breathe by Nicole Braddock-Bromley. Tonight, as I was reading, a part stuck out to me.
"While I'm encouraging another to open up about his feelings, I picture myself holding a cocoon in my hands. As I listen to the struggle going on inside and show my concern and interest in his story, little by little a breathtaking butterfly starts to emerge, beginning the process of all God has caled him to be."
Right after I read that, I had to grab my journal and write about it. When I was in Belize, a butterfly landed on my knee one day while I was journaling. I wasn't sure what it meant at the time, but I felt like it was important, so I wrote it down. Needless to say, I think it's safe to say I may know the significance now.
That butterfly was me. Or, at least, the me that the Lord wants me to be. But right now and for so long, I've been wrapped in the cocoon, sitting in all the junk that needs to get out but can't. I've been sitting defeated by all the lies that people have spoken over me throughout the years.
So here I stand, knowing that all of the feelings I felt in those moments were real. That just because someone else doesn't understand or want to understand my feelings, the point is that it's how I feel and that's all that matters.
So now I have a choice. I can stay wrapped up in the cocoon for the rest of my life and never experience the true freedom that christ has for me.
OR…
I can give everything over to Him and allow Him to begin a new work in me. I can say, without hesitation, I choose the latter. It might be more difficult at first, but in the long run, it will have been so worth it.
Already the Lord is beginning to slowly and gently remove the cocoon that has been hindering me for so long. Before I know it, I'll be flying freely!
Thanks for tuning in! Love you all 🙂
