LIFE CYCLE OF THE BUTTERFLY

BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS ARE INSECTS, THEY HAVE A COMPLETE LIFE CYCLE. THERE ARE 4 STAGES, EACH ONE LOOKS DIFFRENTLY, AND SERVE A DIFFRENT PURPOSE IN THE LIFE OF THE BUTTERFLY.. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED AND ADMIRED THE BUTTERFLY. I LOVE THE MANY COLORS, AND HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE. THEY ARE ONE OF GOD'S CREATION, AND THEY BRING A SMILE TO MY FACE WHENEVER I SEE ONE. I HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF PAIN AND SUFFERING IN MY LIFE, WHENEVER IM SICK I ALWAYS MAKE PAPER BUTTERFLIES, THEY HELP ME COPE WITH WHATEVER IM EXPERIENCING AT THE TIME. OVER THE YEARS I MAKE THEM TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK AND SHUT-IN. I MAKE THEM OUT OF ALL DIFFRENT KINDS OF PAPER AND BEAUTIFUL  MAGAZINE PAGES. I HAVE RECIENTLY  STARTED TO VOLUNTEER AT THE  SHELTER FOR  POOR MEN. THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS HOW DRAB AND SAD THE PLACE LOOKED. THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT CAME INTO MY MIND WAS MAKE A FEW CUTE BUTTERFLIES FOR THE MEN, TO BRING SOME BEAUTY INTO THEIR LIVES. BELIEVE IT OR NOT IT DIDNT GO OVER TOO WELL WITH THEM. SOME ANGRY MAN WITH A CHIP ON HIS BACK RIPPED THEM OFF THE WALL. I HAD NAMED THEM  FAITH AND HOPE, WHICH IS THE MESSAGE IM TRYING TO TEACH THEM, THAT WE WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT, ALSO THEY NEED TO HAVE HOPE TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR LIVES CAN CHANGE. I FELT IF THEY SAW THE LITTLE FEMALE BUTTERFLIES THAT THEY WOULD START TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY LOOK AT LIFE. MOST OF THE MEN HAVE GIVEN GIVEN UP HOPE, AND THEIR FAITH IS SHAKY AT BEST, BUT IM DETERMINED TO TRY AND REACH OUT TO THEM, SO THE NEXT WEEK I BROUGHT 2 MORE BUTTERFLIES BACK, THIS TIME I WILL TELL THEM A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO  SAW A BUTTERFLY IN THE CATERPILLER (LARVAE STAGE )THIS IS THE FEEDING STAGE, WHERE THEY GROW AND THEIR CHARISTICS CHANGE. THEY GET THERE COLOR ETC.. THE COOCOON GETS BIG AND THE BUTTERFLY GROWS TO THE OTHER STAGE  'THE PUPA STAGE, WHERE IT TRANSFORMS  ITSELF . IN THIS STAGE THE BUTTERFLY HAS TO WORK HARD TO BE BORN, LIKE WE ALL DID. THE PUPA GETS A LITTLE HOLE IN IT, THE BUTTERFLY HAS TO FORCE ITSELF OUT OF THAT OPENING, ITS HARD WORK BUT THE BUTTERFLY HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS BY HIMSELF, NO MAN CAN HELP HIM . I WANTED THE MEN TO SEE THAT DESPITE THAT THEY HAD A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS, THEY STILL HAVE TO WORK HARD TO HELP THEMSELVES. LIKE THE LITTLE BUTTERFLY WAS TRYING TO DO BEFORE THIS MAN CAME ALONG WHO WAS WATCHING THIS MIRACLE OF BIRTH. HE WATCHED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE BUTTERFLY WOULD MOVE A LITTLE THEN STOP AS IF IT WAS RESTING OR TIRED, SO THE MAN MEANING WELL WENT AND GOT A PAIR OF SCISSORS TO HELP THE LITTLE CREAURE, HE SNIPPED THE  COOCOON  WITH THE SCISSORS THE BUTTERFLY  DIDNT HAVE TO STRUGGLE ANYMORE. THE MAN THOUGHT HE HAD DONE A GOOD JOB IN HELPING THE BUTTERFLY, BUT THAT TURNED OUT TO BE THE WORST MISTAKE ANYONE COULD HAVE EVER DONE. THE BUTTERFLY'S BODY WAS SWOLLEN, HIS WINGS WERE DEFORMED, LEGS SHRIVELED. THE BUTTERFLY NEVER WAS ABLE TO FLY, HE SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE CRAWLING AROUND WITH THIS OVERSIZED BODY DEFORMED. THE LESSON I WANTED THE MEN TO GET IS, DESPITE THE HELP WE MAY GIVE THEM THERE IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO DO ON THEIR ON. WE CAN SOMETIMES CRIPPLE SOMEONE BY DOING TOO MUCH FOR THEM. SOMETIMES STRUGGLES ARE JUST WHAT WE NEED IN LIFE. IF GOD ALLOWS US TO GO THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT OBSTICLES IT COULD CRIPPLE US. WE WOULD NOT BE AS STRONG AS WE COULD BE, . I TOLD THE MEN THAT THEY NEED JESUS IN THEIR LIVES, HE MAKES A DIFFRENT. THAT IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO DO GET TO KNOW HIM AS LORD AND SAVIOR. EACH ONE OF US HAS TO RECIEVE JESUS AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, NOBODY CAN HELP YOU. THE CHOICE IS YOURS AND MINE. HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS MESSAGE ON THE BUTTERFLY. NOW IM KNOWN BY SOME OF THE MEN AS THE BUTTERFLY LADY. THATS FINE WITH ME I REALLY DO LOVE  BUTTERFLIES. AND MAY I ADD THAT I ALSO LOVE ALL OF YOU . BE BLESSED. MIN. SISTER GLADYS MORRISON