Butterfly's Corner

Tag: nature

  • Fall: A Season of Letting Go and New Beginnings 🍂

    September 22nd, 2026

    It’s the first day of fall, which is my favorite season. I love the beginning of fall, right before it gets too cold, when the weather starts to cool, the woodstove begins to blaze, and the tea kettle starts to sing. Oh, what a cozy time of year it is!

    Fall is a lovely reminder of a few things, one of them being that, in order to become new, we have to go through a process of letting go of the old. This can mean letting go of old habits, ways of thinking, speaking, and acting, or even things we have grown accustomed to that are no longer helping us become the person God is calling us to be.

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  • Like the Cedar Tree: A Call to Stand

    Like the cedar tree, we will stand; 
    We will do as God commands. 
    We will work while it is day; 
    We will watch, and work, and pray. 

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  • Patience in the Chrysalis: Trusting God’s Timing for Your Transformation

    Don’t come out of your chrysalis to soon! Do you know that if a butterfly emerges from its chrysalis to soon, it may not have developed enough to survive? The struggle that the butterfly must go through to come out of the chrysalis helps it build strength in its wings and other muscles it needs to fly and survive. Also, if a butterfly is helped out of its chrysalis, it may have weak wings and therefore it cannot fly.

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