God Made Butterflies

I believe that God made butterflies in order for us to understand life in a deeper way. 

Now you might be thinking, 

how in the world can I learn something deep from a butterfly?

Well folks, you can, indeed. 

I heard a story recently and would like to share it with you all:
Once, there was a farmer.
The farmer noticed a butterfly trying to free itself from its cocoon.
For hours the butterfly tried and still could not get out. 
The farmer felt bad for the butterfly so he opened up the cocoon to help,
But once the butterfly got out, it fell and died because it wasn't strong enough to fly yet.

The struggle to get out of the cocoon strengthens butterflies order to fly. 

If the farmer let the butterfly struggle a little bit longer, 
it could have flied on its own...



I am a lazy person. 
I don't like to struggle.

But I have to remind myself that with no struggle,
there's no reward. 

So cheer up, my friends. 
And keep struggling, 
Because if we all keep trying, one day we'll all be free from our cocoons, become butterflies and fly.

 

Cinnamon Roll

Well folks, sorry about not posting in a while, 

but have no fear!

Observant Girl is here!

...that sounded better in my head, but let's focus!


My loverly sister made some cinnamon rolls the other day (I had five in three days). 

They were DEE-licious. 


Now when I eat cinnamon rolls, I love to unwrap it and eventually get to the middle (the best part in my opinion). 

But my brother just likes to eat it by biting into it. 

Now stay with me, there's a point to this. 


I realized that much like having different ways of eating a cinnamon roll, there are different solutions to problems in life. 

Sometimes in frustrates me when people won't do something my way, but in the end, the job gets done anyway.

So what I've realized is that you can't get frustrated when someone does things different than you.

It's just their way of doing it. 

And that's what I learned from a cinnamon roll.

Dessert is deeper than you think. 
 

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Overcoming

Sometimes in life, 

you get bumps in the road.

And you have to decide whether or not you want to stop your laziness. 

When you decide to stop your laziness (hopefully), you have to put some effort in jumping over those bumps. 

Today, I was thinking that sometimes there are tiny bumps in our lives that we can jump over easily, 
but those aren't the bumps that have the potential to get our legs stronger by jumping over them.

Still with me?

You see, I'm talking about those big bumps. 

The ones where you have to muster up all your courage and faith and stand up to that obstacle. 

Show 'em who's boss!

Be courageous!

Jump over that bump with some faith!

And you'll conquer that obstacle. 

Let's reflect: 

Do you think you got stronger by jumping over the small bump or by jumping over the big one?

I think we both know the answer. 

It's hard, but have faith. 

"All things are possible through Christ who gives me strength." Philippians 4:13

Perspective

In my art class,

my teacher puts an object like a vase or a skull or anything really to draw,

and everyone sits around it with our large sketch pads and charcoal pencils.

And we draw. 

But eventually as we see different people's drawings,

they are all a little bit altered from the one you looked at beforehand. 


And it made me see something deeper in this: 

We all look at life in a different way,

but sometimes we get self-centered and only view situations in our perspective, 

but if we just walk a couple steps, sit where the person next to you was sitting, and "put yourself in their shoes," you can see a whole new perspective to where they're coming from and have more understanding for that person's situation.

And with that, we will hopefully judge less and be more loving towards everybody overall.


Now this is either genius or just a bunch of baloney. 

What do you think?

Lately...

I've been getting pretty envious (which I'm not proud of).

One day, I feel skinny and then when I see a girl skinnier than me, I feel fat. 

Today, I felt okay about myself, and then I saw a girl with a perfect nose.

And then I felt bad about my nose. 

Now how stupid is that?!


I have a pretty long nose, and I've been insecure about it always, I guess. 

But you know what? 

Thank God that I even have a nose! 

That sounds so silly, but seriously. 

I am thankful that I can breathe. I'm not thankful enough, actually. 

Later today, while I was feeling sorry for myself, 

a Bible verse popped in my head, Samuel 16:7, "But the Lord said unto Samuel, 'Look not on his countenance or on the height of his stature, because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth. For man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.'"

In other words, God doesn't look at how tall or how short we are, or what jeans look the best on us, or if we have a pimple right in the middle of our forehead, but he looks to see if we have a pure heart or not!

Are we compassionate? Loving? Obedient? Caring? Patient? 

There are so many more virtues, and of course, none of us are perfect, but God wants to see our effort to strive to achieve these virtues. 

That's what really matters.  

Who cares that I don't have the "perfect" nose when I have a God that is my Father in Heaven that loves me. 

Ahh...

To be a follower or a leader...


It's probably never a good idea to be a follower of something that you don't agree with. 

That's common sense, of course. 


But do we always follow that idea?

No.


We need to find the courage and strength to stand up for ourselves and our beliefs!

It is more courageous to say no to what is wrong than to be a wimp and follow along with what the group says or does even though you know it's not right. 



We all need to work on strengthening our courage. 

Let's get to it. 
Stand firm.