Our guest preacher at church this morning talked about diamonds, pearls and butterflies. Each one didn't start off as much, but through a process each developed into something beautiful.
When a diamond is discovered in nature it isn't that pretty. Even after all the heat and pressure it takes to form a diamond it still has to be cut and faceted to bring out its true beauty. It's a PROCESS.
A pearl is formed when something irritating enters the clam's shell. It deposits a substance to help ease the irritation, thus forming a pearl. It's a PROCESS.
A butterfly starts out as a fat, squirmy catterpillar that has to wrap itself up and shut itself away while it transforms. Before the cocoon stage it eats as much as it can, because the transformation takes a while. It's a PROCESS.
Change rarely happens overnight. We often want God to change our situation, not realizing He wants to use our situation to change our spirits. Diamonds aren't destroyed because of heat and pressure, they are strong because of it. Pearls glow because of layers of nacre laid down over time, beautiful butterfly wings emerge from a crusty cocoon. It's a PROCESS.
Trust the process. You can't have what you want overnight. And that's okay. Let God use the process to strengthen you. Beauty comes out of the struggle. Promise...
