I love butterflies. Why? I love them because God uses them to remind me of His faithfulness and His constant presence. Whenever I see one I am reminded of His love for me and His delight in me.
Let's just say that this summer has been filled with butterfly-God moments as cheesy and weird as that sounds.
I just can't help but to share about a specific moment related to God and butterflies. Here it is...
As I was sitting outside one day talking to God, I was in an awesome spot. No one was in sight and it was a beautiful day, full of sunshine. Unfortunately, there were so many distractions despite the remote location. Bugs were zipping around everywhere and black and hairy spiders were creeping around the boulder that I was sitting on. I was distracted by the bugs surrounding me and I didn't know what God wanted me to bring up with Him. Needless to say, I was a struggle-bus.
I whipped out my journal to God and asked Him to take away the distractions and allow me to focus. Immediately after I wrote this prayer to Him, I looked up and a simple white butterfly flew straight past me. My eyes followed the butterfly until it flew beyond my sight, accompanied with a huge grin upon my face. How ironic? I asked God to take away what was distracting me - bugs. He brought me something to re-focus my distracted mind - a bug. Who knew that this would help? God knew.
The timing of it all was just right. But just wait! The story only gets better...as God's faithfulness and goodness is revealed even more.
After the time with God, my project group for LT met up to talk about what came up during out conversations with God. My friend asked me and I told her about the butterfly moment. She stopped for a moment and then began speaking, "I wasn't going to tell you until I heard from you. During my time with God, I saw an orange butterfly and asked God to send you one during your time. Again, I saw another butterfly but it was white instead of orange. When I saw this second butterfly I told God to specifically send that one."
The butterfly that I saw was white and she asked God to specifically send me the white butterfly that she saw. God is so great, even in the simplest of ways.
