What is a Flutterby?

According to the Online Dictionary:


flut·ter  (fltr)

v. flut·tered, flut·ter·ing, flut·ters

v.intr.

1. To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner: curtains that fluttered in the breeze.

2.

a. To fly by a quick light flapping of the wings.

b. To flap the wings without flying.

3. To move or fall in a manner suggestive of tremulous flight: "Her arms rose, fell, and fluttered with the rhythm of the song" (Evelyn Waugh).

4. To vibrate or beat rapidly or erratically: My heart fluttered wildly.

5. To move quickly in a nervous, restless, or excited fashion; flit.

v.tr.

To cause to flutter: "fluttering her bristly black lashes as swiftly as butterflies' wings" (Margaret Mitchell).

n.

1. The act of fluttering.

2. A condition of nervous excitement or agitation: Everyone was in a flutter over the news that the director was resigning.

3. A commotion; a stir.

4. Pathology Abnormally rapid pulsation, especially of the atria or ventricles of the heart.

5. Rapid fluctuation in the pitch of a sound reproduction resulting from variations in the speed of the recording or reproducing equipment.

6. Chiefly British A small bet; a gamble: "If they like a flutter, Rick will get them better odds than the bookies" (John le Carré).

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/flutter

But I like the answer at Answers.com a little better:

A flutterby is another name for a butterfly. By Juan Valdovinos

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_flutterby#ixzz1HBCibGaj

But why did I choose that for my blog title (you might ask)?

I chose Flutterbys because it brings to mind the fleeting and fragile quality of life. We are here in our mortality for only seeming moments when compared with all of eternity. The Apostle James put it like this:

Jam 4:14  Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

I also chose that word to denote the fleeting quality of my thoughts. What are thoughts? They come and go, and they can change with the seasons. And what remains is the truth, what God has said from the beginning, and nothing I do or say can add to it, or subtract from it. If anything of what I say or do remains and brings glory to God, it is because He can place an enduring quality to my fleeting missives...and if He chooses to do so, the praise belongs only to Him, and I was just a messenger of His precious and enduring flame.

Heb 1:7  And of the angels (messengers) he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

To the fleetingness of life, and the temporariness of all that we experience here, whether good or bad, and reflections on what I see; current events, and other points of interest); topics on "the wind and the waves" in life, and "the quiet in the eye of the storm" when we are in Christ Jesus, is what I devote my musings to here...a devotional that I submit for others to be able to view, and comment on if you wish.

Flutter by now and then, add your thoughts and join in the conversation. And in all things (seemingly good and seemingly bad) give thanks to the Father, without whom we would not even have this mortal existence.

1Th 5:18  In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.