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Beautiful Transformation
By Jennifer McClure | August 4, 2008
A couple of weeks ago I visited Dillon, Colorado. Of course the mountain ranges were magnificent, but on a closer level, butterflies were in abundance, gracing the area with their delicate beauty. One particular butterfly was all black with white lacy trim. It fluttered away from the trail before I could digitally capture its beauty with my camera. However, the one pictured let me take several photos of it before it flew to another leaf where it could sunbathe in peace.
This past spring, I saw a large, bright green caterpillar with a stinger eating away on a plant at Lowe’s. I doubt those butterflies looked anything like that when they were at the caterpillar stage, but it made me wonder what a remarkable transformation they had undergone.
My understanding of the caterpillar’s metamorphosis is quite rudimentary, but as Christians, what a lesson there is to be learned from these fascinating creatures. As caterpillars, they crawled along, somewhat conforming to the item upon which they moved. But as butterflies, they no longer inch along; they fly.
In Romans 12:2, God calls us to our own beautiful transformation: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (NIV).
Can you imagine what change would come about if even 50 percent of Christians, myself included, in the U.S. sincerely strove to obey that command? Not only would there be beautiful individual transformations, but the Church as a whole, I believe, would be radically transformed.
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