Woven: The Butterfly

As we wrap up the sermon series, Woven, we examine the butterfly. This is apt for Easter since traditionally the butterfly symbolizes resurrection. As Jesus emerged from the tomb on Easter, so the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis. An even better analogy for the symbol is the butterfly representing who we are in Jesus. The creature enters the chrysalis as a mere worm or caterpillar, but in the chrysalis the animal is transformed into something unlike the original creature. The worm emerges as an insect, a butterfly. The butterfly can fly and is beautiful, so very different that the caterpillar which it started as just a short time prior. Jesus changes us as the caterpillar is changed into something new. In Christ, we are a new creation. The old has passed away and the new has come. In Jesus, we are different.

Mary Magdelene was certainly different from her contact with Jesus. She was healed, was taught, was a witness to the Resurrection and was the first to be commissioned to go and tell others that she had seen the risen Lord. (John 20:1-18) This Easter, remember that we can know this same transformation in Jesus. Easter celebrates that God defeated sin, evil and death; but it also celebrates that we serve a God who makes all things new. This includes us!

Christ has Risen!

Rev. Sherri