I was reading this really cool article today that talked about "man-made" verses "natural made". It was in a Jehovah Witness publication, but the article featured a beautiful monarch butterfly. Imagine having a brain the size of a ballpoint pen!
The other day my girls were watching "Miss Spider's Sunny Patch," and there was a butterfly that lost her sense of direction. In the end it was just a simple case of losing confidence. How many of us can relate to that? Kids, jobs, life getting in the way. Constantly having things cloud your vision to the Creator. And I wonder, why are protagonists always butterflies? What about the moth? Isn't the moth ever a character in a story?!
Until recently, I thought that moths were dull-colorless butterflies. In fact, the moth is really a cool insect. According to Wikipedia, the butterfly are a small group that rose within the moth. Moths make cocoons, but butterflies make chrysalis. Which is funny, because one of my favorite books, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," ends with a caterpillar exiting a chrysalis and becoming "a beautiful butterfly." Even Mr. Carle got it wrong - but the butterfly is such a lovely creature nobody would correct him.
However, the more I read about the moth, the more I really would rather be a moth than a butterfly. Unfortunately, due to their nocturnal existence I will probably never see one in its beauty. Even with the Christian reference to Jesus as the butterfly, I still would rather be a moth.
Maybe I should write a story about the lonely moth....hmmm....food for thought.
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