The Flight of Life

A Day In the Life____of Blackbutterfly 

Greetings of another beautiful day...July 27, 2020.  Thank You Jesus!  Up somewhat late today...(staying up late last night again...1:10am...writing motivation).  It's been so for the last few days... getting up late. Nevertheless it is a new day and I am so grateful... glad in it. So, Morning Devotional and Bkfst was late...10:30am. Got ready to go to WFB for Business Transaction.

But here's the most awesome and beautiful.... bittersweet thing that happened.  As I was walking past the Metro-Bike Station on Shatto street next to the O-Kim Academy, there's a gorgeous butterfly fluttering near the bush right near the bike-stall. Such a big and beautiful butterfly. I was marvelling it and reached quickly to get my phone...capturing this beauty would be a great photo/video.  But as I was readying...the butterfly was flying away and floating around and circling up and back, so I couldn't get a photo of it in the moments...it flew away across the street and out of sight. I was just a bit too late with the camera action. So, as I stood there a couple of minutes... hoping it would come back over to the beautiful flowerbush...it didn't at the time.

Well, on to the Bank to take care of business. Thinking maybe it (the butterfly) will be back there when I am on my way back...if so, I would be delighted.  After the transaction was done at the Bank, I went into Starbucks for a few minutes.  Out and headed back and then....Wow! That's when the unexpected bittersweet came to be.  As I was walking back along the same sidewalk, looking toward the bikes and the flowerbush...I was stepping right in the midst of such a disappointing sight. I happened to be glancing down in front of my stepping...there about a foot or more in front of my feet, lays a gorgeous beautiful fallen butterfly! And it looks exactly like the butterfly that I'd seen earlier. 😟.  I was just stunned at this sight... could barely believe my eyes. Mummering the instant sadness...oh no...what and how...is this the same magnificent beauty I just saw minutes earlier...? Fluttering so wondrously and gracefully, full of life...?  Unbelievable how this could be.  And as I was hovering over all of this...I got my camera phone out again... captured this awesome beautiful butterfly, no longer flying high above under the glistening sun on this beautiful summer day.

I very gently opened up the wings and laid the butterfly upright...still awed by the whole reality of what is....even with a prayer...that it would be filled with air and strength under its wings...take off right there and fly!

(Just a little butterfly note: And if there's a butterfly heaven, then this one is going through the transition...into the new cocoon and being healed...remade...to be born and set free to fly life again!)

It's amazing...how just the opposite of what I anticipated for a photoshoot/video...has now a whole new meaning...like a great metaphor.  This will be a great... special...realization...a story of how precious and fleeting...in time... Life is.  Be it a butterfly, or it could be any other form of God's creation of living and breathing things.  Yet, this was unique and especially awe ensuing...as I am an aficionada of butterflies.  Witnessing this touched my sentiments, my spirit and awakened my thoughts about; from one minute to the next...hour to hour...day to day...we are all going to have a final date here...a date and hour...minute unknown.  We'll have our last go around, wherever we may be...in whatever state of circumstances, and with all the outward appearances of stature and glee, or not of glee; with all the material and visual attire and attachments; whether grown in golden years or ripe with youth, like the dawn.  When the last time hour and minute comes to every beating heart and soul__ Whether we're ready (expecting) or not...we are going out, up and away, as instantaneously on that date...as we were created to be. 

Life is in flight...day in and day out.
The length of days of our lives are just a few minutes less each day here...as we float on...precious moment by precious moment.

As my heart and soul and mind are intertwined, as the Spirit Speaks; here are a few but great and timeless Spiritual notes imparted to my heart in this Expression during these moments.  I like to say; Thoughts for keeping...Thoughts for sharing.  As always...to be a blessing. (Inspired by The Word)

* Remember, we carry nothing from here to where we are going.  Nothing.

* Do not lay up treasures here on earth, that become objects of the affection of your heart...idols in place of and/or lack of Godly Affection.

* No one knows the day nor the hour...get your house (life) in order...for the day/hour will come upon us all.  "Be Ye Also Ready".

*God Is always with us... there's no escaping to any place where God Is Not...Always.  Will never leave us or forsake us.

* We should live each day to the fullest...in the best way possible...pleasing to God.

*Rising up to greet each day in gratitude and praise...for every day is a great day and time...to be glad in It.

*As long as it's still available...Time is on our side...if we don't waste it on the vanishing...the meaningless, foolishness and vanity of greed and covetousness. Take off the needless weight of bitterness, worry and hate, fear and unforgiveness, which is sin.

*Choose to give freely from the heart of charity...of an Abundance. As we are blessed...to be a blessing. Remember, to whom much is given... much is Required.

*Let us Love...Love as Christ Jesus taught us to Love one another.  Being a light on the way...a helping hand in the reach, the faithful friend; and always seeking God's Guidance. Having our desires of heart, God-Centered; for we are not and cannot have anything worthy of ourselves...Only Christ.  Who Is the Way...the Truth and the Life.

*Come as you are to Christ...while you're here...in the Flight that Christ Jesus purchased for each of us...on the Cross. Our individual Flight Ticket has an appointment time to arrive on the Appointed Date. To each his/her own.

May we seek to make our Prepaid Ticket of the Flight of Life in the present time....become Upgraded and Heavenly Validated on that *Date to come. It's our Admission...to take the Next Flight...which soars Highest above All...Forever and Forever More.  On Splendid Wings!

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So, what another extraordinary day.  Life In Flight!  Praise and Thank God for all.  Bon Journee! 🙏🏽❤️🤗🦋

Ps. Earlier in the afternoon back home, I found a perfect size small box and placed the butterfly inside with plastic stationery clear cover. Tonight I added a silica gel pack inside the box and placed the box inside a ziplock bag. Read a few tips/information about storing dried butterflies. Hope it will keep until I get a proper wooden frame with airtight seal. And as of this post today, I ordered a nice clear display box for safe-keeping and viewing, to be a part of my other numerous Butterfly Decor Items.  Beaucoup Merci! 🦋 

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