Prayers for Liz

Good evening everyone. I ask all of you for a favor. My friend Dodi made me aware of a sister in need. I would like you to pray for Liz, who is undergoing tests for Cancer. My prayer is this:

Lord in heaven, walk with Liz through this difficult time, lightening her burden and giving her comfort. Let her know we are praying for her and that she is not alone in her time of need.

Please post your prayers for her as comments to this post so she can see the support God has given her.

Butterflies

I love butterflies. Not only are they moving works of God’s art, they represent cycles in life that even we as humans must follow. Originally, I was going to start with an apology for taking so long to resume my posts, but then I was reminded of Ecclesiastes 3:1, “To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven…” NKJV.

For those who may not be aware, butterflies start out as caterpillars; they eat as much as they can so that they have enough energy stored to hide out in cocoons for a while before re-emerging in the world as butterflies, in all their colorful glory!

We might go through these stages many times in our lives. Often too, it is easier to see when we look back, rather than when we are in the moment. Since my last post, I realized that I’m undergoing the very same things that a butterfly does. I will venture that many of you out there are in similar various stages right now.

As I sat feeling sorry for myself one day - that this was not the life I “wished for” and I haven’t found a church where I fit in yet, and yadda-yadda it struck me – I was blessed and overwhelmed in 2008 to find a church so full of life and love, for a purpose. I was able to fill myself up to sustain me for a long road ahead, and a long road it has been. BUT, with me every step of my journey was my Lord, who never let me down and always gave more that what I felt I deserved.

I am now surrounded by family and friends, I can pay my bills, my child is happy and healthy and God allows me to wake every morning, healthy and able to move in ways that some do not have the ability to.

So I decided that feeling sorry for myself got me no where, and it speaks against the life God wants and plans for us. So I’ve spent enough time in my cocoon. My wings are still wet, but I am emerging as that butterfly God intended me to be. I will wear my colors proudly and remember that it took that long, rough and painful road to get these beautiful wings!

I pray you reach out to your sisters and remind them that whatever trials they face, they are only temporary and in the end, with the strength of the Lord, they will emerge as that glorious butterfly. Be it thanks to our earthly sisters, family and friends, or our Heavenly Father, we must always remember we are never alone.