The Butterfly
As a Christian, I hold on to and trust in our belief that my loved one has moved into another life, a phase from earthly death into another life in heaven. A movethat awaits me as well. We will be joined together to live a fuller, wonderful life once again. He told me that one of the reasons he married me was that I was strong and he knew he‘d never have to worry about me; that I could handle whatever came along. That is true in part, however I don’t think he ever realized I saw him as my earthly encourager, my strength, my wisdom, the love of my life. After he died my challenge was how “I” Minnie Scott was to live this life without him.
One recent early morning I sent this encouraging message early to my bible study group:
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly
Anonymous
While I was writing this section of my book, we all received a response email from Elizabeth, a gifted writer whose messages hold life applications that always evoke thought and encouragement. I am truly blessed, that Elizabeth will share her “Words of Wisdom” that will be scattered throughout Wife to Widow. This was her reply:
“When I’m feeling like mush, I remember that quote and a butterfly’s wings. The lowly caterpillar has wing nubs under its skin. When the caterpillar turns to mush in the chrysalis, the wings remain intact. They don’t dissolve – because they are not temporal, but a gift from eternity to remind us that we are designed to discover our wings, stretch them and fly on God’s Wind, the Holy Spirit, beyond whatever we could imagine or guess or request in our wildest dreams. Everything always works together for the good – whether we’re sobbing and crawling – or laughing and soaring!”
Anonymous
For me, both of the morning messages perfectly describe the focus and purpose of Widow’s Talk: learning how to “move forward” physically, mentally, and spiritually, waving our banner of hope and courage as we Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk – Together we push through the pain. It is with purpose and passion that we learn how to live joyfully so that what is left of our journey shall not be lived in vain.
