Changing and Growing
By Jenny Edwards M.B.E.
The weather has been so beautiful these last few days that
I have been able to sit outside on my balcony for my
breakfast, enjoying the bird song and watching the wildlife
in the woodland I overlook. Amongst the early morning
visitors were many butterflies, which reminded me of the
amazing stages in its life before acquiring those lovely
colours and the ability to fly. Starting with an egg, it
becomes a caterpillar, then changes again to a chrysalis
before emerging as a beautiful butterfly.
How like our Christian lives as we grow in Christ, from our
birth into the trust and faith and belief in the Saviour to the
desire to explore further the life we have been born into.
Like the caterpillar we wander around, but have many
times of growth through our lives. The chrysalis stage,
when we are waiting on God to work in us and through us,
until finally we form the butterfly that He wants us to be. I
God is at work in us to see us become a beautiful butterfly
have a card on my desk that says “What the caterpillar calls in his kingdom (Photo by Ryan Jacques on Unsplash)
THE END, the Master calls BUTTERFLY”. God is at work in us
and through us every moment of our lives in order to see us become a beautiful butterfly in His Kingdom.
Trust in your God to bring you to a place where you know you have the potential to spread your wings and fly for Him, and
watch out for those butterflies, all different colours and shapes but all formed perfectly how God wants them to be.
The Most Welcoming Place on Earth
Thank you to everyone who came along to our first
Roofbreaker Event. Around 50 people joined us for the
day in Ashtead and enjoyed...
• Insightful Bible teaching by Rev Jonathan Edwards,
who told us that “The church should be the most
welcoming place on Earth for people with
disabilities,”
• Inspiring personal testimony from 15 year-old Becky
Tyler, who used eye gaze technology to compile her
presentation and presented it through her voice
synthesizer, (you can find more from Becky earlier in
this issue)
• Humbling stories from Ros about the exceptional
pastoral care she received from her church when her
disabled daughter was born, and,
• Interactive discussion groups for people to share their own stories and ideas and encourage one another.
Jonathan Edwards challenges everyone to make their churches
the most welcoming places on Earth
We’ve had a lot of positive feedback from the attendees, with people planning to go back to their churches and raise
awareness, encourage inclusion, and encourage their churches to keep on improving. Plans are afoot for future events in other
areas of the country, look out for more details in upcoming Vital Links - if you’re interested in becoming a Roofbreaker, and
getting monthly newsletters full of ideas and inspiration, you can find out more at www.throughtheroof.org.
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