Change

The constant in this world is change.

I sometimes wonder what exactly a butterfly remembers. Does it remember when it was land-bound? Does it realize how different it is now?
Does it sometimes take a cocoon to bring out the beauty in us? Perhaps that why Jesus went to pray alone, those were his cocoon moments.
Even a social butterfly needs to retreat sometime.
~DD

Prayer

I have been taught my entire life that prayer is powerful. Yet I still doubt that my prayers matter or can be effective. I still fall into thinking that prayer is only acknowledgement but it is still my problem to fix.  In other words...I can leave things at the foot of God, but later I will run back and say..."Nevermind about this God, I can take care it"  Perhaps one day, I can give my worries, petitions and requests to God and forever leave it with him.

Ok so up till recently I was not sure what to "blog" about. But something happened this past weekend that changed me. I was a part of a wedding where the groom had no family. His father had been absent from his life since around 12 and his mother, aunt and grandmother, all of whom were primary caregivers through adolence and college years had all passed away. He has a sister who is mentally challenged and their relationship is more guardian/child than family.For all practical purposes, he had no family. There was no place to go for Christmas, Thanksgiving or other holidays that are typically the norm for most people. So I saw his bride coming down the isle. I knew that he would never be without a family again. He would always belong to someone.
And then i understood a little bit better about the analogy of the church being the bride. Marriage is something that creates a bond. We are bonded together in Christ. We will always belong.
~~DD