in Nature - Post Comment
Sunday we went on a hike around a lake with some friends of ours. It was beautiful out and the trail went through the forest up a bank from the lake. While we were down by the water, the kids were looking at driftwood and found all sorts of dragonfly (or damselfly) nymphs. There were some nymphs, some dragonflies next to their old skins, and nymph skins.
We picked up one of the skins and I had it on a stick while we were hiking. All of a sudden I looked down while we were hiking and saw that it was emerging from it's old skin and becoming a dragonfly! We were able to watch this amazing transformation!
Unfortunately as I was hiking, the dragonfly fell off the stick when I wasn't looking. Hopefully it was ok and able to fly away later. How neat to see these amazing transformations! Maybe it's kind of like the transformation we go through when we become a Christian. Just like this ugly little thing that is confined to the water or walking on the ground changes dramatically - becomes something completely new, receives wings and is able to fly, so the Lord transforms us in all our ugly impurities and limitations into something able to fly and soar. May the Lord cause us each to soar this day as we live, transformed by him!
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