Butterfly

"it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body."  1 Corinthians 15:44

Ah, the butterfly.  One of God's miracles.  

Our curriculum always seems to run parallel to issues of life here lately in the Whitehouse home.  We are ending a week of learning about Butterflies when we received news this afternoon of the death of Katie's great grandfather, Naaman.  

Quote from our curriculum book on today's lesson:
"You know boys and girls, learning about caterpillars and butterflies can help us begin to understand about our own lives!  
When a caterpillar goes inside a cocoon, it seems like it is dead.  When our bodies die on earth, it seems like we are gone, too.  .....but the caterpillar comes out with a changed body!  The caterpillar has a new life as a butterfly instead!  
That is a little like when we die.  If we have invited Jesus to be our Saviour, God will give us a new body and a new life in Heaven someday!  
Everlasting life is a miracle!  Everlasting life is something only our mighty God can give." 

I couldn't help but read that and see the simplicity in life in death.  

I pray Naaman is resting peacefully in God's hands.     

"Behold, I show you a mystery.  We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."  1 Corinthians 15:51-52

Naaman, Katie, and Becky

Naaman McDaniel