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Enjoying Nature With Kids
Faith Lesson from the Butterfly
Through the opportunities that nature provides, we can explain to our children that this is God’s world. He created it. Martin Luther once said, "The promise of the resurrection of Jesus Christ was not written in books alone, but in every bud at springtime." [paraphrase]
One example of nature that can help your child understand rebirth and the resurrection is simply the metamorphosis that numerous insects go through — in particular, the butterfly (a transformation that mankind can still not explain).
Here we have a creature that starts its life as an egg, hatches into a sort of wormlike sluggish caterpillar, hangs itself upside down, splits its skin and then goes into a hard shell. Inside the shell all its organs and muscles break down into liquid. If you break one open, you will see nothing but a colorful liquid. Eventually everything reassembles itself and a beautiful, winged creature breaks out.
Consider collecting a caterpillar with your child in your own backyard and help him rear the caterpillar into a butterfly. Take this opportunity to share with your child about the resurrection of Jesus Christ and how He makes us a “new creature” when we are “reborn.”
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