Transformed

There are over sixty types of butterflies that can be found in Arizona. The ones I photographed below are Tiger Swallowtail butterflies drinking the nectar of a blooming Lilac bush.

Tiger Swallowtail butterflies are very large. These ones form a striking contrast against the colours of the Lilac bush.

Just as a caterpillar changes into a new life form and becomes a beautiful butterfly, so it is when people accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour. Their minds become renewed. They no longer have a desire to follow the ways of the world, but a desire to do God's good, pleasing, and perfect will.

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world,

but be transformed

by the renewing of your mind.

Then you will be able to test

and approve what God's will is —

His good, pleasing and perfect will."

Romans 12:2 (NIV)

When we look to God, our faces will radiate the beauty of His Son, Jesus Christ, because in Him there is no more shame.

"Those who look to Him

are radiant;

their faces

are never covered with shame."

Psalm 34:5 (NIV)