Butterfly People

On Saturday, I captured this photo of a beautiful tiger swallowtail butterfly in our backyard.  The metamorphosis a caterpillar goes through to become a beautiful butterfly is, no doubt, the reason the butterfly symbolizes resurrection, hope and new life.  Recently I heard about and then read some amazing stories about butterfly people.  It seems that when the tornado hit Joplin, MO on the 22^nd of May, some of the surviving children said they were helped and kept safe from harm by the butterfly people.  I guess if you were a small child describing an angel with wings, what better description than calling them butterfly people.  Were there angels in Joplin, Mo the night the tornado hit?  Yes, and I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them did have wings.  We are all called to be butterfly people, messengers of God, showing God’s love and compassion to others.  Where is God in the midst of life’s storms?  God is present working through the butterfly people, and yes some do have wings.  The rest of us are still earthbound, at least for a little while longer.