The Butterfly Curriculum - How It All Began
It all started with a caterpillar, then a
butterfly...
I
came home from a long trip to find long, thick, hairy, black and
orange caterpillars
crawling all over my porch.
Some had destroyed my garden plants while others were trying
to squeeze under windows and door frames.
In desperation I called friends to help.
One friend arrived with her daughter Kelsey, a pretty young
girl holding a glass jar in her hand. “Miss Liz, please may I
collect the caterpillars?” she asked.
“Now why would a pretty little girl want to collect such ugly
creatures?” I questioned. Kelsey looked at me in surprise. “Miss
Liz! One day these caterpillars are going to be beautiful
butterflies and I love to watch them fly!”
I was speechless.
I’d been so intent on getting rid of the caterpillars I’d
forgotten the miracle of nature which transforms ugly, plant eating
caterpillars into beautiful butterflies.
Some months later I visited a butterfly garden.
Hundreds of multicolored
butterflies fluttered among the flowers.
Each one was uniquely different and very beautiful.
It seemed their only purpose was to bring us joy.
Yet as they fluttered from flower to flower they were
drinking nectar, laying eggs and pollinating.
It was difficult to imagine these beautiful creatures began
life as ugly caterpillars crawling on their bellies and eating
leaves.
God spoke to me through the caterpillars
and butterflies,
“Liz, millions of My daughters are living like caterpillars.
They don’t know that I have plans for them to fly like butterflies.”
I thought of women I’d met around the world;
Women without hope, and without dreams; Women who have no idea of
their potential to be butterflies. They are down trodden, oppressed
in spirit, bound by pain, culture, circumstances or shame.
I’ve been one of those women. Most of us have at some time in
our lives. But God
rescued me and began transforming me into the woman He created me to
be. Once He had healed
and restored me, He set me free to fly and share His fragrance with
others.
God desires all women to be transformed into His
image of beauty and to learn how to fly in the freedom and joy He
alone can give them. He
will make each one of us into the beautiful woman He intended us to
be if we will let Him.
The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly
is painful. However,
Jesus promises that when He lives in us, we become a new creation.
(2 Corinthians 5:17).
God will take our past and our pain and use it to mold and shape us
into the woman He wants us to be.
He will turn our pain into purpose.
Like the woman at the well, when we receive the love and
forgiveness Jesus freely offers, He will transform us into beautiful
butterflies, setting us free to share His love with others who are
still living like caterpillars.
God burdened my heart to train, equip and release
women to reach other women.
Before we can help others, we must learn how to fly. If
you’re feeling like a caterpillar today but want to be a butterfly,
I pray God will use this transformation journey to set you free to
fly. And once you find
your wings, I pray God will empower you and use this training to
help you spread His fragrance to other women.
As you bring them to Jesus, may His love and power transform
them into the women of beauty and strength that He created them to
be.
Your sister in our Lord Jesus Christ,
Liz
Liz Dickson
Founder and Executive Director
Love Unveiled
Butterfly Groups Learning To Fly!
