A tiny egg placed on a leaf, warmed by the sun, produced a tiny caterpillar. As it ate the leaf, it grew rapidly, it's outer skin became hard, and crusty. It would have to shed that crust to grow any further.
One day, miraculously, two silken strands, hardened by the air, flowed from its head. The strands totally encased the worm and the branch it was on, it became a silken cocoon.
After a time of incubation, it broke out of the silken case. And even more miraculously, nature witnessed the second birthday of the little worm. Behold! The little worm was a beautiful butterfly!
This is what must happen to you. You were born once, nourished, and you grew. As we all taste of life too freely, sin forms a hard crusty shell around the heart. It has to be shed if you are to grow any further - spiritually...
But, if the seed of God's Word (the Bible) is planted in the silken fibers of your soft, receptive heart, and it incubates, something miraculous happens in you - understanding. Then you will grow in the knowledge of Who and What Jesus Christ is! Heaven and earth will witness your second birthday, when you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
Behold! A new spiritual you will emerge - a new creature in Christ - born again spiritually, by God's Word, to tell others about this miracle that has happened to you.
Go and be a butterfly!
