Renona Peoples
Bruised Butterfly
Red, Yellow, Purple all the shades of the bruises on my body, from the hands of who I thought was my protector, my lover, my helper, my shelter. Mmmmm, maybe I was wrong. How could this be happening to me I ask? As I sit on the side of the tub, with a handful of hair, falling out into the palms of my hands. Oh my God! What is happening to me? Is this from stress? Why Lord, Why are you letting this happen to me. Then a small quiet voice whispered and said “For I am a jealous God. You put another man before me.” My God!!!! As I weep and fall to my knees to ask for forgiveness. The Lord said no, don’t weep and wallow now. Remember those Sundays when I woke you up from your sleep bright and early to come and worship with me? Yes, Lord I replied. He asked, but what did you do instead? You laid in bed, and worshiped a “man”, who was really just a boy in my eyes. A real man would NEVER put his hands on a woman. This revelation stung like a bee craving it’s honey. Then the Lord went further to say, instead of me worshiping him, I worshiped an idol God… A false God… A “man”, who was only just a boy in his eyes. From that moment in 2013, I vowed to the Lord that I would let NOTHING separate me from the love of Jesus! Then that’s when it began…The Transformation! The red bruised turned yellow, then the next day the yellow bruised, turned purple. Place first things first, and put ALL your faith and trust in the Lord. For he desires a relationship with YOU! The latter day it was completely healed, like the brown cocoon of the carcass shielded from it’s pain, and then transforms and blossoms into a beautiful butterfly. God can take your pain and transform it into something much more beautiful, if you let him in! Now I fly like a butterfly, my sting is like a bee… Chasing after the sweet honey of my Father you see. Thou shalt not serve another God. Now soar on my beautiful Butterfly… Soar On!!!
