CATERPILLAR

Most caterpillars think that they have died. They think that life has ended when that thing starts wrapping around them. Pretty soon, the caterpillar gets wrapped in its cocoon, buried by all this stuff. If you were to open up that cocoon, the caterpillar is no longer there. There's just all this mush and goo and stuff. And, most people, including the caterpillar think it is dying. But really, it is beginning to transform. It is going from one thing to something else. And pretty soon, it becomes a butterfly.

Can the other caterpillar on the ground see that this caterpillar became a butterfly? No. And when a caterpillar breaks out of a cocoon, what does he do? He flies. He's even more beautiful than when he was a caterpillar. Is he more free or less free? Yes. He's got less legs to get tired. He doesn't need legs anymore; he's got wings.

It is not for us to decide when somebody becomes a butterfly. We think it is wrong, but I think God has a better idea when the right time comes.