I woke up this morning to cries of “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!” as two of my daughters bounded up the stairs. I wondered what had happened to generate this much excitement so early in the day. I won’t tell you what time it actually was, but it was early for me since I just woke up! It sounded like something good, so I didn’t panic. As they rushed into my room, they shouted, “Your butterfly came out of the chrysalis!” I ran down the stairs after them and frantically looked for my camera. “Where’s my camera?” Katie already had it. She got the whole thing. She is so quick on the draw.
So here are pictures that Katie snapped of the chrysalis right before the butterfly emerged and then the butterfly as he struggled to escape from his tiny house. This is Day 12 since he made his chrysalis.
Butterfly Laboring on Labor Day from Penney Douglas on Vimeo.
Butterfly Continues To Struggle to Escape His Chrysalis from Penney Douglas on Vimeo.
"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is placed in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into its soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no other's hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller
This is SO cool! I just jumped online for a quick break, but this is so what I’m feeling like today….can’t wait till I stop struggling and can take flight!!! This is such a great analogy….not really feeling like this is so good for me right now, though. :/….but thanks for the reminder about taking time to ‘rest’. Thanks for sharing, Penney. Once again your timing (or God’s timing!) is perfect!!!!! 😀