Waiting for Change
Friday, September 21, 2012 at 10:57PM Yesterday we went to Christian's back-to-school picnic. Every year, they have The Butterfly Guy there, with a butterfly tent set up, and a table at which to buy chrysalises. This year we bought one. It is supposed to emerge tomorrow. I'm a little nervous about the whole process.
I was thinking today how nice it would be to wrap myself up and hide away for days, undergoing a miraculous metamorphosis within that space. Changing, growing, becoming something new. Finally pushing through the protective layers that sheltered me while this unimaginable renewal was taking place. Emerging an altogether changed and beautiful creature.
I learned that the chrysalis is not something that a caterpillar makes around its outside, but is actually the body that is beneath the last skin that it loses (my nephew likely could have taught me all about this). Once the chrysalis hardens, extraordinary things ensue within. The body breaks down, and somehow the cells put themselves back together in the form of the butterfly. It then comes out. It's wild, really.
I know there are changes taking place in me, similarly. And it will be a while before the full transformation is complete. But, oh, how I long for that day.
At least we only have to wait until tomorrow for the butterfly! It will remind us of this: "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day." 2 Corinthians 4:16
Reader Comments (2)
A cocoon sounds heavenly right now. Seriously.
Christina - I love the imagery that you wrote about when you talked about hiding yourself away and undergoing a miraculous transformation. I feel as though that is going on with me right now. It's exciting and a mystery and nerve-wracking and, oh my!! When I taught 2nd grade, I loved teaching the butterfly unit. The kids were always awed, regardless of how many times they'd read Eric Carle's Very Hungry Caterpillar. Ha. :)