Your story matters. It matters because you matter to God. He loves you unconditionally and He is wild about you! “The Lord your God is among you, a warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will be quiet in his love. He will delight in you with singing.” (Zephaniah 3:17 CSB).
As I begin this new post, I do not know what season of life you are currently experiencing, but I want you to know how much God cares about you and what you are facing right now. The purpose of this blog is write with my reader’s transformation in mind. God takes us through hard seasons in order to change us and make us more like Jesus. Spiritual transformation is an external manifestation of an internal process. It’s what God had planned for us all along. 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NASB), “But we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” As God takes us from glory to glory in these frail human bodies, He is reproducing our renewed (born again, spiritual bodies), into the likeness of His Son Jesus Christ. While doing research for my book, I learned how God uses nature to teach us valuable lessons. Like the little caterpillar that goes through the changes of metamorphosis in order to become a beautiful butterfly, God uses the changes of our own “spiritual metamorphosis” in order to transform us into the image of Jesus. During the pupa stage, the little caterpillar hangs upside down from a twig, spinning itself into a silky cocoon. The truth is if anything attempts to open the cocoon before it’s time, the little caterpillar will not be a fully developed butterfly. It has to emerge on its own in order to become who God created it to be. Today, you may be enduring a spinning season of your own. One in which you feel like you have no control over and you are wondering when in the world is all of this going to end. Kind of like someone forgot to change the spin cycle on the washing machine. You feel hung out to dry, so to speak. It’s in the middle of the process that God does His best work in us. I know you probably didn’t want to hear that. Believe it or not, He knows what He’s doing, and our part is to trust Him to finish the good work that He began in us (Philippians 1:6). Don’t try to force the spin cycle of your life. Take a lesson from the little caterpillar, and hold onto God’s promises and allow Him to bring you to a flourishing finish in Christ!
Application:
In my book, I had to be willing to be vulnerable by sharing my journey of depression. Vulnerability is necessary in order for God to reveal His purposes in our lives. It also exposes criticism and judgment from the world. Romans 8:1 declares that believers in Jesus Christ face no ultimate divine judgment or condemnation, as Jesus paid the penalty of sin. Christ has freed us from the guilt and shame of depression, also. The world may label you, but ‘to whom the Son has set free is free indeed.’
No judgment here. Today, I am still navigating the journey of depression. I hope by sharing my story others will be encouraged to trust God with their journey, also. I don’t have it all together, but God has never left my side. You don’t have to have it all figured out either because “Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.” (1 John 4:4).
Reflections for your personal journey:
Are you willing to be vulnerable and allow God to use people He has placed in your life to help you? What struggle are you facing in this season of life? How can you develop endurance as you wait on God to work in and through your life?
Posted: May 19, 2026 · Leave a Comment
The Struggle is Real
Your story matters. It matters because you matter to God. He loves you unconditionally and He is wild about you! “The Lord your God is among you, a warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will be quiet in his love. He will delight in you with singing.” (Zephaniah 3:17 CSB).
As I begin this new post, I do not know what season of life you are currently experiencing, but I want you to know how much God cares about you and what you are facing right now. The purpose of this blog is write with my reader’s transformation in mind. God takes us through hard seasons in order to change us and make us more like Jesus. Spiritual transformation is an external manifestation of an internal process. It’s what God had planned for us all along. 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NASB), “But we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” As God takes us from glory to glory in these frail human bodies, He is reproducing our renewed (born again, spiritual bodies), into the likeness of His Son Jesus Christ. While doing research for my book, I learned how God uses nature to teach us valuable lessons. Like the little caterpillar that goes through the changes of metamorphosis in order to become a beautiful butterfly, God uses the changes of our own “spiritual metamorphosis” in order to transform us into the image of Jesus. During the pupa stage, the little caterpillar hangs upside down from a twig, spinning itself into a silky cocoon. The truth is if anything attempts to open the cocoon before it’s time, the little caterpillar will not be a fully developed butterfly. It has to emerge on its own in order to become who God created it to be. Today, you may be enduring a spinning season of your own. One in which you feel like you have no control over and you are wondering when in the world is all of this going to end. Kind of like someone forgot to change the spin cycle on the washing machine. You feel hung out to dry, so to speak. It’s in the middle of the process that God does His best work in us. I know you probably didn’t want to hear that. Believe it or not, He knows what He’s doing, and our part is to trust Him to finish the good work that He began in us (Philippians 1:6). Don’t try to force the spin cycle of your life. Take a lesson from the little caterpillar, and hold onto God’s promises and allow Him to bring you to a flourishing finish in Christ!
Application:
In my book, I had to be willing to be vulnerable by sharing my journey of depression. Vulnerability is necessary in order for God to reveal His purposes in our lives. It also exposes criticism and judgment from the world. Romans 8:1 declares that believers in Jesus Christ face no ultimate divine judgment or condemnation, as Jesus paid the penalty of sin. Christ has freed us from the guilt and shame of depression, also. The world may label you, but ‘to whom the Son has set free is free indeed.’
No judgment here. Today, I am still navigating the journey of depression. I hope by sharing my story others will be encouraged to trust God with their journey, also. I don’t have it all together, but God has never left my side. You don’t have to have it all figured out either because “Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.” (1 John 4:4).
Reflections for your personal journey:
Are you willing to be vulnerable and allow God to use people He has placed in your life to help you? What struggle are you facing in this season of life? How can you develop endurance as you wait on God to work in and through your life?
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