Girls. We sometimes willingly go through physical pain just to look a tad more beautiful. Facials.. (you know how much that hurts.) Slimming. Dieting. All this nonsense. And some if us, if we take it to another level. We dont mind having some botox injected. Some of our flesh cut and having some other stuffs introduced to our bodies. Why, then some of us are so afraid of going through the pain of being tested by God in order to become a more beautiful person in Christ. Why do we reject it so much.. Why are we so afraid of it in the first place.

We all know ita gonna be good. Its gonna be beneficial. Its gonna turn our alright at the back of our minds. Yet, the fear deterred us from having full faith in God. Haha emotional beings. Sigh.

I came up with this story myself. Lol i dono if its gonna make sense but i shall try. Many of us, wants to be that beautiful butterfly fluttering around in the sky. Having the whole world envious of what we have. But sometimes we forget that all butterflies start from a caterpillar. And, if im not wrong. Caterpillars arent exactly good-looking. But guess what, its color allows it to be camouflage and hence protect it from its predators. Probably this is what some of us need right now. Instead of those beautiful colors, we need God's protection. We need to hide under that "ugly" skin so that we are able to grow properly. And some of us understands that. So we go around telling other caterpillars that we are gonna be beautiful one day. Like, really beautiful you know? Keep the faith. We are gonna get there some day. But some of our caterpillar friends dont believe in that. Look, how long is that gonna take? And i can barely recognise the butterflies, are you sure they came from us? Im ugly. And probably im gonna stay like this forever. Im not going to believe in tat. And how painful would it be to go through such a big change..

That got you a lil demoralised. Are what they said true?? You thought you saw real transformations before.... Are they just pure miracles?
As you wonder, you begin to grow into a pupa (which is even uglier than caterpillar) your faith shook like never before. Whats going on in me, you ask.. Your unbelieving friends look on and said, see i told you. Now youre worse than before. In this moment, lost is the perfect word to describe you. You cry but nobody hears. You pray but there is no answer. What is going on?!?!?

There is no turning back. You feel trapped being in that stuck-ey position.... And one day.. You begin to moult and shed some of your ugly skin. You feel like ure being liberated from smth. Colors begin to appear. Your wings emerged. Guess what. Youre able to fly while the others watch on in their ugly skins.....

What im trying to say is... Keep the faith. All of us are destined to be butterflies. In God's plans all of us are supposed to soar, to fly, to be beautiful. Dont let the pain ever get you to compromise on what youre supposed to have. Its gonna be painful. But its gonna be worth it. And what youre gonna lose is your ugly useless skins. Exchange it for a colorful suit to flaunt! Just like the furnace which tests the silver. God tests our hearts. So tat you can be the butterfly you are supposed to be. During the whole metamorphosis, God will do His work. We don't have to do anything, but to go through it with hearts yielding to Him, having faith in Him. Yeahh it's hard i know.. Some of us dont believe in God. Some of us have left the faith. I may be looking worse than youre now, that's why you're not convinced. But daily im being renewed. Give me the time to show you that i can be the butterfly too. And pls recognise me. Because youre recognising the power of God.

Haha. Thanks for making it thus far. I dono how meaningful this story is but one thing I know is my bad angmoh. So it really mean something to me having you tahan until here. Xie le! :)