Caterpillar to Butterfly: From Victim to Victorious

From victim to victorious…
are the words that came to me…
as I looked at this picture…
and the transformation we can see.
For wanting to fly away…
is actually a common thought…
as many have wanted to escape…
from the battles being fought.
For victims are victimized…
and made to feel so low…
as they endure many abuses…
that most don’t even know.
And though some actually crawl…
on egg shells most walk…
for many have been beaten…
but all have suffered abusive talk.
For attack after attack…
just beats us down more…
as fear and brokenness increases…
with the abuses we deplore.
And in our dreams…
and our hopes deep within…
we wish we were free…
and the abuses would end.
And if we could escape…
and somehow fly away…
to be free from the abuses…
like the dawn of a new day.
But we have to make a choice…
to be a “victim no more”…
and must be willing…
to somehow walk out the door.
For that is the first step…
for the transformation to begin…
To say enough is enough…
and this abuse must come to an end.
And though the process is not easy…
going from “caterpillar to butterfly”…
there is victory in the making…
as they spread their wings to fly.
No one should be abused…
for God wants us all free.
That’s why He sent His Son…
Who gave His life for you and me.
For Christ was abused and battered…
so He knows all the pain we feel.
And just like from caterpillar to butterfly…
our transformations with Him are real.

© Secret Angel and The Abuse Expose’ with Secret Angel, 2015.

“But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31

“And do not be conformed to this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that you may prove what is that good and acceptable
and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2

Dear Lord, only You see the struggles and pain that all victims of abuses experience. You see the wounds deep within each heart… and just where all these wounds did start. You see the abuses that occur behind closed doors where man thinks that they are hidden. You see the souls that are so broken that they appear to crawl in response to words or actions of man. Deliver us all from these evils. Bring freedom to all victims and all the broken so that they will be victimized no more. Turn hearts to You so that they will no longer conform to this world but will be transformed by the renewing of their minds… that all the broken will come to know that they are children of the Most High God and are called to a higher purpose than crawling like a caterpillar. Set them all free and help us all to soar to higher levels of faith with You… in Jesus’ Name. Amen.