In life we either fly or crawl. One requires that we let go of the load, and the other requires that we bear the burden. The choice is ours: Free to fly, or burdened to a crawl. (Picture by Lisa R.)

I have so much to say. There is so much that God has done in past week and a half, but I fear I will never be able to express adequately all that I have been learning. All that I have seen Him do. As I was pondering what to write and how to write. I determined that the message I wanted to most convey was the reason I had decided to embark on this journey in the first place. I wanted to see God work, but I also wanted to be used. Here’s the best way I can tell my story:

The Flying Flower

Yesterday I went for a run in my new neighborhood I happened upon a butterfly. It was white with a little bit of yellow in the center it reminded me of a daisy. A flying flower. I stopped and watched it for a bit. Then I had this thought how does a butterfly come into being. Even the smallest of children know that butterflies first start out as caterpillars. So how does this unattractive, usually stepped on bug become a flying flower? It let’s go of the old. It literally has to dissolve all of it’s old outer layer  all the way to its core. This produces a protein rich goo-like liquid that then regenerates and grows all the parts necessary for the bug to become what it was truly meant to be. A flower with wings. Right now in my life I am in the stage of letting go of my outer core, so that I can become what God intended. Life has thrown many curve balls my way and instead of swinging I hid in fear worried that I might get hit. As I looked back on my life I saw many missed opportunities, many open doors that I failed to walk through. I was not ready to let go of that outer protection I had built up. Sadly though it meant I was crawling around like a bug, instead of soaring like a butterfly. Today I can say I have seen God do amazing things in the one week I have been in Buffalo, He has met me right at the point of my need. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Each experience has helped me shed a new layer of the outer core and has pushed me closer to the place that Christ has prepared for me. Here’s the truth we are ALL either crawling or flying. We are either living the life that God has for us or we are living according to the world. One gives us the freedom to soar. One holds us down and all we can do is crawl. The choice as always is ours. Choice wisely.

“For the Lord takes pleasure in His people, He will beautify the humble with salvation” (Psalms 149:4).

Learning to fly and not crawl. Learning to shed what is not needed so that I can lay hold of what is (needed).