Wednesday Words of Encouragement


I like to take pictures as I walk and hike and I took this photo a few years ago. When I got home and transferred the pictures onto my laptop, I noticed that the wings of this butterfly were tattered and torn.

Surprisingly, a butterfly can continue to fly with up to 75% of its wings torn.  Their wings do not repair themselves or grow back and yet, they can continue to function.  It's a good thing too because if they couldn't, they would be an easy lunch for predators.

We too can sustain considerable damage as humans and still function.  We have a great capacity to persevere despite the hurt we feel.  We have a wonderful resilience to spring back up when we've been knocked down.  And for that I'm thankful.  

I am also thankful that God can actually mend those wounds and the brokenness in our life.  Unlike a butterfly that must continue on with torn and tattered wings, we can be healed from our wounds. I have known so many people that have come from places in their lives of extreme brokenness and have been healed from those emotional wounds.

Because of Christ's death and resurrection we can be whole again.  He provided a way for our healing.  He took our punishment upon himself so that we would have hope and a future.  Because of His sacrifice, we no longer have to be tattered and torn.  And that is wonderful news for us all!



Isaiah 53:3-5 (NLT) ~

He was despised and rejected—
    a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
    He was despised, and we did not care.
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
    it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
    a punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
    crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
    He was whipped so we could be healed.

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