I know that we can all agree that when a caterpillar changes to a butterfly, that is a transformation. Do you remember the story of “The Ugly Duckling”? A group of ducklings are swimming around and another creature who thinks he is a duck, albeit an ugly one, joins them. Teased mercilessly, the duck eventually becomes a beautiful swan because that is what he was all along. I think of my transformation more like becoming who I am meant to be, like the swan. I may consider myself unworthy, but God makes me worthy and every day that I spend in His Word, I am becoming more like the person He created me to be. The change is not on the outside, but on the inside and starts with God meeting me right where I am and showing me the hidden truths of His word so that I can apply them to my life.

I am becoming the butterfly/swan I was meant to be by spending time with my Creator so that He can show me clearly His vision of who He created me to be. Sometimes I get confused and don’t see myself clearly, but God is always there to show me again and again, patiently working with me on one attribute that He wants me to acquire before we move to the next one. A caterpillar seems to become a butterfly without much effort, but if you remember from your school days, there is a whole metamorphosis, a cocoon process and finally the beautiful emerging butterfly. God designed that for the caterpillar. I am in my cocooning state, if you will. God is preparing me to be a butterfly and I may not get there before He calls me home, but He is always working on me to make me exactly what He wants me to be in His kingdom. Flawed, imperfect but loved by the Almighty God who sees me. (El Roi and El Shaddai)

Don’t give up on the process of transformation. Submit to God, stay in His word daily, give Him time to speak to your heart and know that the change is taking place. Change takes time, but the wait is worth it!