tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post1084505296549494122..comments2023-06-13T10:30:09.837-04:00Comments on Susan's Flutterbys: The Worm That Won't DieSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498627087140234765noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-77269398059561302192012-10-24T06:27:04.473-04:002012-10-24T06:27:04.473-04:00Hi Petra,
"I didn't know that a worm die...Hi Petra,<br /><br />"I didn't know that a worm dies inside a chrysalis. I thought it just morphed, or something, lol."<br /><br />I slightly messed up that metaphor... truly it doesn't *actually* die, it goes into a suspended (coma-like, death-like) state, but in that process the caterpillar ceases to be because it becomes something totally different.<br /><br />Even in my early born again days, I knew there was something not quite right about thinking that being born of the spirit depended on my decision or ability. How did I know that? The Lord must have whispered that to me. :)<br /><br />Thanks for visiting Petra :) love your blog also <3Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498627087140234765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-88269430465001455282012-10-23T18:48:00.862-04:002012-10-23T18:48:00.862-04:00Beautiful post! I didn't know that a worm dies...Beautiful post! I didn't know that a worm dies inside a chrysalis. I thought it just morphed, or something, lol. I love how you worded the following: "A worm does not die and become a butterfly by willing it to be so, it is surrendering to something that causes it to be so." So true. Ephesians 2:5 tells me that I was already dead, dead in sin. I can't even take credit for being dead. I couldn't even have chosen to be dead or alive. Dead people can't chose, or even surrender, come to think of it. A butterfly is a miracle. Christ calling me forth, out of the tomb - a miracle! I was a dead worm! It's all about God!! It's all about grace! Worthy is the lamb! And one fine day, all stinking sin will die, and Christ will reign. Blessings!Petrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07199528755284144670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-21019422857227239942012-10-22T12:46:36.886-04:002012-10-22T12:46:36.886-04:00Thanks Ma, will check it out <3
:)Thanks Ma, will check it out <3 <br />:)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498627087140234765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-41560755146281329192012-10-22T07:54:49.768-04:002012-10-22T07:54:49.768-04:00Stacie posts more thoughts about the worm/butterfl...Stacie posts more thoughts about the worm/butterfly here:<br /><br />http://afirefighterswife.blogspot.com/2012/10/understanding-struggle.htmlAlicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380432930727921469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-78701841498397407082012-10-22T00:45:36.261-04:002012-10-22T00:45:36.261-04:00I recently saw somewhere in my cybertravels a quot...I recently saw somewhere in my cybertravels a quote by someone who said "If you want a test on how moral you really are observe your reaction when someone else gets the credit for your anonymous donation"....<br /><br />...I can just imagine myself in such a circumstance, and I can honestly say I would want to "set the record straight". And my flesh would reason <i>"And why not? We are talking about the TRUTH and proper credit going where it is supposed to go"</i><br /><br />My flesh is NOT pretty, not at all. So why do I let it terrorize me like that? Much better to trust in the Lord, and let Him get the credit (which is only the REAL truth anyway), all of it, and leave it there with Him? Sigh...Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498627087140234765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-78842949242893522162012-10-21T22:53:14.779-04:002012-10-21T22:53:14.779-04:00Hi Susan,
Some interesting points.
It really stru...Hi Susan,<br />Some interesting points. <br />It really struck me when you said, <i>I've been noticing lately what a struggle my flesh puts up. It does not want to let go. It wants supremacy. It wants me to be noticed and get credit for my just due....but my just due is hell. That is what my flesh deserves. Do I want my worm to keep living? Do I want to get what my glorying in myself deserves? Or do I want that worm, that flesh, to die?</i> <br /><br />Our flesh deserves hell and we are told to deny flesh, yet the pull of the flesh is so strong. I am a very 'feeling' oriented person. I have to be so careful because Satan takes our feelings and really twists them. <br /><br />Some good things to be thinking on. Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><><child of Godhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635805396738062444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-81305464569308970142012-10-19T16:53:19.595-04:002012-10-19T16:53:19.595-04:00And about Jesus being made sin for us? I'm not...And about Jesus being made sin for us? I'm not sure if I'll ever understand that, that God, perfect in every way, could become part of His sinful and sin-filled creation...how is that possible? So to God, <i>all things</i> are possible.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498627087140234765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-59103291061778671462012-10-19T16:50:28.614-04:002012-10-19T16:50:28.614-04:00It's all very mind-boggling, and through it al...It's all very mind-boggling, and through it all I still want it to somehow relate back to something good that I did....but then I'm very reminded of all the BAD that I did... and it brings me back to knowing that it really is about something very profound and amazing that Jesus did. How amazing? We probably won't know just how amazing His grace is until we see Him and are changed into His likeness through and through. Oh happy day! :)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498627087140234765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-67202514645148845302012-10-19T16:03:23.426-04:002012-10-19T16:03:23.426-04:00I think we downplay Jesus's humanity sometimes...I think we downplay Jesus's humanity sometimes. I know it is very hard to picture the son of God being a worm, but if He is truly our kinsman redeemer He had to "be tempted in all ways" like scripture says.<br /><br />Deep stuff.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380432930727921469noreply@blogger.com