By Linda J. Humes
“Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?” Matthew 6:30 (KJV)
I made a new friend the other day. He wasn’t attractive – didn’t have a “big” name – wasn’t famous; in fact, he didn’t have anything to do with the church! Yet, Jesus, he taught me more – about you – than the most eloquent, the most learned, person I’ve heard.
My little friend – short and plump – rested briefly on a tomato stem, preparing to consume yet another leaf. This little caterpillar – subject daily to the mercies of his environment – was bound to the earth by those areas where he could climb.
He was so perfectly made – just like you – just like me. Every curve, every stout little leg, every perfect oval marking, balanced and ordered by a meticulous God.
He pressed forward, eating intently, knowing that soon he must die, and resting in the faith, that in his death he will be born again. He will soon take his earth-bound body, wrap it carefully in instinctive faith, and wait for the day when he will soar with a new freedom – as a beautiful, delicate butterfly.
We, too, can make the decision to wrap up our earth-bound lives and dispose of the old self, allowing the freeing release of the Holy Spirit, giving us wings to soar into the Presence of God.
The caterpillar, in his instinctive faith, never wastes a moment wondering “if” – he is drawn to the freedom he KNOWS will come. Oh, that we could have the faith to shed all that binds us to the ground. That we might wrap ourselves completely in the chrysalis of the Word of God, pulled tight by the power of the Spirit that transforms us. That we would desire to be drawn to that freedom – unafraid of the heights that we could soar to – through the rebirth from our old self to Christ.
Linda J. Humes 
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