"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world
knoweth us not; because it knew Him not.
Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it doth not yet appear
what we shall be; but we know that when He shall appear, we shall
be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
And every person that hath this hope in Him
purifies themselves, even as He is pure."
(I John 3:1-3)
In her book, "God By Moonlight" Amy Carmichael describes
an atlas moth emerging from its cocoon in the mountain
forests west of Dohnavir, India.
She writes, "It hangs from a twig, like a small brown bag...
and however often we see it we are never prepared for the
miracle that emerges...It has wings of crimson and pink,
and blended green of various soft tones, shading off
into terra-cotta, brown, old gold.
Each wing has a window made of a clear substance,
like a delicate flake of talc, and on the edge of each is a
pattern of wavy lines or dots, or some other dainty device.
From wing-tip to wing-tip, nine, sometimes ten inches of
beauty, one of God's lovely wonders-that is what comes
out of the brown paper bag."
Who would think that such exquisite beauty could come
from a drab brownish-colored cocoon? But a much greater
miracle awaits a child of God!
Encased by these bodies of humiliation, we look for that
day when "the dead will be raised incorruptible, and
we shall be changed." (1 Cor. 15:52)
For now, we live in the "brown bag" of these earthly
bodies, but not forever. One day, perhaps soon, we shall
be made perfect and complete.
Yes, we shall see our Savior face to face, and
wonders of wonders, we shall be like Him."-P.R.V.
"When I shall gaze upon the face of Him
Who died for me, with eye no longer dim,
And praise Him with the everlasting hymn,
I shall be satisfied!"
-Horatius Bonar
Those Christ Purchased By His Cross
Will Be Perfected At His Coming
"Beauty From A Brown Bag"
A devotional from
Our Daily Bread Ministries
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