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The Lonely Caterpillar

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The lonely Caterpillar:

The lonely little caterpillar, munching on the leaves,
weighed down with sin, it's life misperceives.

The slow and slumber body, green and unseen,
it's only real purpose - to eat through all the greens.

It lifts its head high, and sees a beautiful butterfly,
it thinks nothing of it, for caterpillars don't fly.

Growing plump, caught up by it's own greed,
still the caterpillar cannot fulfil its empty need.

On one early morning, a butterfly flew down,
so active that it was, it flutters all around.

It settled next to the caterpillar, so wanting to speak,
it said "Come follow Jesus, your life won't be bleak!"

"Believe Jesus died, for you he was slain,
He rose from the dead, so we can live again!"

The caterpillar believed the things that it heard,
and was baptised [cocooned], so fully undeterred.

Out of its cocoon, came a very different kind,
with wings so beautiful, and Jesus in its mind!

Free from its sin, a whole new life will begin,
"I'm finally a butterfly" it said with a grin.

No more shall it think upon those large green plants,
now that it can fly above it's own selfish wants.

They all flew together, more caterpillars being told,
excited for the day, when Jesus returns, as foretold!


We all don't transform, on this sinful Earth,
it's only through Christ Jesus, we go through rebirth.
as the shorter version was such a success (THANK YOU all who replied - and those at *christians too!! :thanks: ), I decided to try and extended it somewhat - which all goes thanks to the magnificant Holy Spirit :loved: and also in particular :iconloyalyak: for the brilliant ideas she gave me!

You can watch a clip of exactly how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, which brings my poem out beautifully:

*edit 23rd September 2019* I've moved the original version into the Scraps (which you can view here) and renamed this one to simply 'The Lonely Caterpillar'

*Edit 27th August 2021* I just want to share with everyone an AMAZING story version of my poem, done by my wonderful and precious friend, LifeinJesus :heart:

Called 'Transformed'

I truly love every single bit of it! :heart:
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djrotom's avatar

This is so adorable and wholesome. Thank you so much for making this. 😊🙏✝️