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A word and a butterfly at the perfect time.

God communicates with us when we choose to walk with him in our daily lives. It’s amazing to me how he finds a unique way to communicate with each one of us. For me, it’s with butterflies. I always had a thing for butterflies but it wasn’t until God was pushing me towards something that I would see more butterflies than I ever have. I always knew they were from him. They sometimes would work as a reminder to make the change – be the change or sometimes to keep my head up. The moments he chose to send them were never less than perfect.

A few months before I quit my job, I saw more butterflies than I have ever seen. After a while, I started seeing them in pairs. It was beautiful and I was always so grateful. For my birthday, I got a gift with a message that read inside, ‘never settle for anything less than butterflies.’ — the other day, I was working out and I remembered that message, and a butterfly flew by and it hit me! NEVER SETTLE! – duh, but how did I miss that? Now when I see butterflies that is what I think of. I don’t love the message more than the messenger and it is because I know it’s God who was sending them my way that I was able to love them so much.

Tracing it back to the times I wasn’t sure of which direction to go, what I thought was a cheer-me-up gift was a message that was reminding me that more beautiful things were coming my way. I can’t say that I wish I learned that sooner because my lowest moments and what looked like – “wow, she hit rock bottom,” have turned out to be some of the best moments of my life. Learning to surrender all that I had and didn’t have control over was the best thing I ever did.