Download or read book Only God Can Make a Butterfly written by M. D. David J. Delnostro and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God's ultimate plan for His people is one of transformation. All of us are born in God's image, but His ultimate desire is for us to be transformed into His likeness. For this metamorphosis to occur, we must stop competing with God to be the master of our lives. Just as a butterfly changes from a larval caterpillar, all human beings are to be transformed into their mature form, a person possessing the nature and character of Jesus. Butterfly people see the world from God's perspective and experience more joy and peace in life. Caterpillars are left behind to see the world from man's perspective and suffer from immature, pathological thinking, dysfunctional relationships, and self-serving religions and governments. God designed our world for Christ-centered butterflies that can live in the light of His wisdom and truth, not caterpillars that stumble through life and remain lost in the darkness of their self-centered world. In Only God Can Make A Butterfly, David Delnostro, M.D. walks you through the psychological, interpersonal, political and medical advantages of soaring through life as a butterfly and the pathological consequences of crawling through life as a caterpillar. David J. Delnostro, M.D. is a graduate of Ohio State University College of Medicine. He began his medical career in 1980 in Savannah, Georgia as an emergency room physician at Candler Hospital. For the past twenty-six years, he has practiced family medicine and currently is a member of Southcoast Medical Group in Savannah. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the oldest of six children. Although he was raised by a Catholic father and a Jewish mother, he never practiced either religion. At age forty, he began his life-changing relationship with Jesus. Currently, he serves as a deacon and Divorce Recovery leader at Savannah Christian Church.

Download or read book Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World written by Joanna Weaver and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CBA BESTSELLER • More than a million copies sold! An invitation for every woman who’s ever felt she isn’t godly enough, isn’t loving enough, isn’t doing enough. “Easy to read, personal, and well-written with a message much more than surface deep. Joanna probed, challenged, and encouraged me to live day by day as Mary in a Martha world.”—Carole Mayhall, author of Come Walk with Me and Here I Am Again, Lord The life of a woman today isn’t all that different from the lives of Mary and Martha in the New Testament. Like Mary, you long to sit at the Lord’s feet . . . but the daily demands of a busy world just won’t leave you alone. Like Martha, you love Jesus and really want to serve him . . . yet you struggle with weariness, resentment, and feelings of inadequacy. Then comes Jesus, into the midst of your busy life, to extend the same invitation he issued long ago to the two sisters from Bethany. Tenderly, he invites you to choose “the better part”—a joyful life of intimacy with him that flows naturally into loving service. With her fresh approach to the familiar Bible story, Joanna Weaver shows how all of us, Marys and Marthas alike, can draw closer to our Lord: deepening our devotion, strengthening our service, and doing both with less stress and greater joy. This book includes a twelve-week Bible study for individual or group use. A Study Guide and a corresponding ten-session video series on DVD or online are available separately.

Download or read book Jesus and the Butterfly written by Maureen Gaynor and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book After losing her younger brother to suicide, Alex, a resident in emergency medicine, suspends her residency at Tufts Medical Center. Alex is a brilliant doctor, but in her eyes, she had failed her brother, and her parents. Stuck in a haze of self-doubt, one summer’s night on Duxbury Beach, she and a couple of friends discuss how Alex can move forward and she is keen on the idea of driving cross country, alone. Before her first night ends at a campground in Pennsylvania, she cross paths with Jesus, and for the rest of her journey, Jesus challenges Alex in every way possible to think of herself differently, to look at faith differently, to look at the world different and all through Alex’s journey of restoration, she bears witness to Jesus’ incredible gifts. About the Author Maureen lives in Greenville, Rhode Island. Born with athetoid cerebral palsy, she graduated from Roger Williams University, majoring in architectural studies. With limited fine motor control in her hands, Maureen uses a headpointer to type. In 2015, she received the prestigious Courage of Conscience Award from The Peace Abbey in Millis, Massachusetts for her strong advocacy work for people with developmental disabilities. In her spare time, Maureen loves to compose music—a lifelong passion.

Download or read book Parenting with Scripture written by Kara Durbin and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kara Durbin's passion is for parents to capture those teachable moments and use Scripture to shape their children's behavior. She offers Parenting with Scripture, a unique topical guide to prepare parents with scriptural teaching and helpful activities on 100 specific behaviors.

Download or read book From Caterpillar to Butterfly written by Katie LeBlanc and published by . This book was released on 2010-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My first response to Katie's writing was shock and awe. To read this account of her life made me feel that any pain I may have gone through in my life was insignificant. Not that pain in anyone's life should be minimized but this pain was constant and almost unimaginable. As I continued reading many emotions were stirred. There was sadness, helplessness, hopelessness, anger and even despair. By the end of first chapter I wanted to quit reading. But curiosity kept me going and I'm so glad I did. People say that the test of art is either you hate it or love it. Katie gives us a shot at both emotions. We hate what happens to her in the beginning but we love what happens in the end. Katie's story demonstrates the ravages of sin in the lives of all human beings just as Scripture warns. The cast of the destroyed is deep and wide. We find that sin takes no prisoners. Truly it is the ultimate death of any joy, peace or fulfillment in this life. She demonstrates in her writing that sin hurts people and hurting people hurt other people and that the cycle is not easily broken. But the story has a strange twist. In the midst of hell on earth, death and destruction comes life, a resurrection. Katie's Knight in shining armor shows up and begins to lift her out of the dust, rips open her caterpillar cocoon and sets her free to be the butterfly she was born to be in the first place. But the resurrection wasn't just for her. It turns out that her suffering was going to be used for the millions of other caterpillars in the world who are destined to be butterflies. God never waste a hurt but has a plan to turn it to good. You will love this account of God's mercy and grace in a world filled with evil. You can believe, God has the last word. II COR.1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God

Download or read book The Butterfly written by Elizabeth Wright and published by Elizabeth Wright. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want God to transform you and your entire life? Perhaps you have tried time and time again to have an eternal life-changing transformation in life and nothing emerged. Today, God desires to give you a spiritual makeover, that is, one that you'll never forget, and one that transcends everything you've ever known. God will change you from the inside-out. In Elizabeth's new book "The Butterfly," she shares her deepest writings as she journey through the different stages of the metamorphosis of a butterfly, as it may be similar to our spiritual transformation experienced in Christ. So, keep your eyes opened, ears unclogged, and hear what the spirit is saying to "the church." Included in this refreshing new book are 50 devotionals, some of the writings are as though the prophets, disciples, and Jesus are speaking directly to you. These writings were written during a time of complexity, illness, and enduring faith. Elizabeth shares her experiences and gives further details about how Jesus shows up when you least expect him, that is, in despair, loneliness, sickness, times when it seems like hope is gone, and when he is calling you into another dimension of his glory. These readings will help you discover purpose and transformation in your life, as you are guided by the Spirit of the Living God, because "Life without God (i.e. Jesus Christ) is no life at all."

Download or read book Praise Song for the Butterflies written by Bernice L. McFadden and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction A Black Caucus of the American Library Association 2019 Honor title, Fiction "McFadden, writer of great, imaginative novels for years now (including Sugar and Gathering of Waters), is back with one of her best yet. Exploring ritual sacrifice in contemporary West Africa, Praise Song offers a fascinating, painful glimpse into a world beyond America's shores, filled with tragedy and love and hope." --Entertainment Weekly "Perhaps one of the best books of the year, Praise Song for the Butterflies is a stunning, brief portrait that humanizes the plight of those in ritual servitude. It's a fantastic work from a gifted author." --The Gazette "A fictional West African country is the setting for Bernice L. McFadden's latest work, Praise Song for the Butterflies. Here we meet Abeo Kata, a 9-year-old girl who is ripped from her privileged lifestyle when her father forces her to become a slave in a religious sect. Rescued after 15 years, Abeo struggles to overcome dark family secrets while learning to love again." --Essence Magazine Included in BookRiot's "22 Upcoming Releases by Authors of Color Featured at BEA" "Bernice L. McFadden's novel Praise Song for the Butterflies has received great reviews and will be published today. The book centers on Abeo Kata, the privileged daughter of a government employee and a stay-at-home mother in West Africa whose happy life changes dramatically after she's placed in a shrine as an offering. Fifteen years later, Abeo is finally rescued and must learn to move beyond her traumatic past." --Good Morning America "McFadden crafts a compassionate, unforgettable story of loss and redemption." --BBC Culture "Recent favorites [at Mahogany Books in Washington, DC] include...award-winning novelist Bernice L. McFadden's forthcoming Praise Song for the Butterflies, about a nine-year-old West African girl sacrificed into religious servitude." --Vanity Fair "The novel has a timeless quality; McFadden is a master of taking you to another time and place. In doing so, she raises questions surrounding the nature of memory, what we allow to thrive, and what we determine to execute...McFadden brings the sweeping drama of her earlier works--The Book of Harlan, Glorious, Gathering of Waters--into this small book, and reminds me of the gentle fierceness of Edwidge Danticat's writing." --Los Angeles Review of Books "Praise Song for the Butterflies is written like a fable--one of devastation, but triumph, too. Bernice L. McFadden's novel sheds light on the long practice of trokosi, ritual servitude to priests." --Refinery29 Abeo Kata lives a comfortable, happy life in West Africa as the privileged nine-year-old daughter of a government employee and stay-at-home mother. But when the Katas' idyllic lifestyle takes a turn for the worse, Abeo's father, following his mother's advice, places the girl in a religious shrine, hoping that the sacrifice of his daughter will serve as atonement for the crimes of his ancestors. Unspeakable acts befall Abeo for the fifteen years she is held in the shrine. When she is finally rescued, broken and battered, she must struggle to overcome her past, endure the revelation of family secrets, and learn to trust and love again. In the tradition of Chris Cleave's Little Bee, this novel is a contemporary story that offers an eye-opening account of the practice of ritual servitude in West Africa. Spanning decades and two continents, Praise Song for the Butterflies will break your heart and then heal it.

Download or read book Butterfly Faith written by Janet Perez and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Butterfly Faith is a book about Hope, Faith, and how they coincide with God's purpose for our lives. God is a God of purpose and He created each person with a plan in mind. No one was created just because God was bored. God has a purpose for every person. The butterfly has a purpose because God created it and God never makes anything without knowing why he made it first. So if you are trying to figure out why you were created, allow God to minister to your spirit. God says in His word that He has a plan for each of us. Plans to prosper us. Plans to give us a Hope and a future. Hope fuels faith and faith moves us closer to our purpose. Without faith it is impossible to please God. The revelation that I received from the Holy Spirit allowed me to pen how our faith correlates with the process the caterpillar goes through in order to fulfill its purpose. Just like the caterpillar we too can emerge into our purpose if we don't lose hope, keep the faith and pursue God for our purpose. Seek Him first always.

Download or read book Like a Butterfly written by Joan Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1993-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book In the Time of the Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies is "beautiful, heartbreaking and alive ... a lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, revolutionary heroes who had opposed and fought against Trujillo." (Concepción de León, New York Times) Alvarez’s new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, is coming April 2, 2024. Pre-order now! It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo’s dictatorship. It doesn’t have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas—the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secret crushes to gunrunning, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo’s rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez’s imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human costs of political oppression. "Alvarez helped blaze the trail for Latina authors to break into the literary mainstream, with novels like In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas."—Francisco Cantú, The New York Times Book Review "This Julia Alvarez classic is a must-read for anyone of Latinx descent." —Popsugar.com "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." —People "Shimmering . . . Valuable and necessary." —Los Angeles Times "A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time.” —St. Petersburg Times "Alvarez does a remarkable job illustrating the ruinous effect the 30-year dictatorship had on the Dominican Republic and the very real human cost it entailed."—Cosmopolitan.com

Download or read book Today I Saw a Butterfly written by J. Brian Bergeron and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-10-28 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three quotes from readersI have known J. Brian for thirty years. aEURoeToday, I Saw a ButterflyaEUR is written from his heart. If you are looking for spiritual inspiration, there is no better manuscript. J. Brian is always encouraging others to listen for GodaEUR(tm)s voice in their lives and to see Jesus in one another. This book gives real life circumstances for the reader to do just that. After reading this, you will look for Jesus in others and listen for GodaEUR(tm)s voice in your life.aEUR"Greg HartenI have traveled with J. Brian to many Jesus Rocks Ministry functions. His love for Jesus is real and it is contagious. He is in constant search of GodaEUR(tm)s plan in his life. aEURoeToday, I Saw a ButterflyaEUR will encourage every reader to be in search of the same. It tells us to look for Jesus in one another. It is proof that God can talk to us through others. This is a true prayer book. It is a writing you will read and refer to more than once. The references to Scripture are a huge help in simply navigating through life.aEUR"Michael CurryFrom my earliest memories, I can hear my dad encouraging me and Alexa to listen for GodaEUR(tm)s voice in our lives. This book will encourage every reader to do the same. In reading this book, it is obvious how great our world would be if we see Jesus in one another. What if all of us allowed Jesus to shine bright in our lives? We could change the world! This book will inspire you in many ways. It will inspire you to deepen your relationship with your Savior.aEUR"Abby Bergeron

Download or read book Box of Butterflies written by Roma Downey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ​Roma Downey—best known as the beloved angel on the TV show Touched by an Angel—“has created a beautiful and personal testimony to the presence of God in our lives and our world” (Most Reverend José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles). Ever since she was a little girl, Roma has seen butterflies as a reminder of God’s presence. They have appeared to her in moments when she needed encouragement, reminding her that she is not alone. In this deeply personal book, Roma shares stories from her life, alongside quotes, poems, scripture, and artwork that she prays will uplift you as they have her. Reminiscent of the message of her popular television series, Touched by an Angel, this book’s central theme is that there is a God, He loves you, and that even in your most difficult moments, He is by your side. The subtle butterfly theme reminds us that the wonder of God’s love and kindness is sometimes reflected in the gentle whispers of His creation and that we all have the power to transform from simple caterpillars into exquisite butterflies. This inspirational book invites you to return to its pages again and again, as life brings new challenges, or you find yourself in need of new inspiration. Box of Butterflies “will touch you and move you and strengthen you” (Kathie Lee Gifford).

Download or read book Good Morning Butterfly written by John F. Grooves and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Groves believes that many Christians today are questioning who they truly are, and how they fit into the kingdom of God. They have had doubts about what God says they will become or what they can be, and challenge whether God will keep His word with what He will do in their lives. They are having trouble with their faith and trust in God. Mr. Groves was also having trouble dealing with his trust and faith. One day, Mr. Groves felt Gods presence imparting the message that He would show what was needed to know and to become one with Him. Mr. Groves experiences and journey compelled him to reveal what he has learned to others through Gods wisdom. It is important to include your heart, mind, body, and soul and to, conditionally, love and trust His word. This book reveals Mr. Groves discovery of the power behind trusting Him everything that he does, and everything He says, even when we are in the midst of our troubles. He explains how having faith in God, and God alone, will bring us through whatever we are enduring. As Mr. Groves began to reconnect with God and reveal that he had felt left down by God in the past, he learns a very valuable lesson, and is delivered from the old and into the new with God. His journey through trust and faith has led Mr. Groves to tell his story. John F. Groves writes, I can recall the journey of transformation that God put me through to become one with Him. This was the process of being tucked away inside His cocoon of grace, and trusting His timing, His process and allowing Him to completely remake me through His mercy. It was time of not knowing what or who I would become once I submitted to His will, and not on my own. But I followed Him, even though I could not see what He saw in me!

Download or read book The Butterfly Christian written by Abiola Adaramola Ariyehun and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Jesus Healed the Butterfly written by Michelle D. Armstrong and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus Healed the Butterfly is a true story of how the Holy Spirit can use even a young child to do the Father's will. Learn how a mom is given insight from God on healing like Jesus through her children and a butterfly. Jesus Healed the Butterfly will show your children with beautiful and colorful illustration that through: *Love *Compassion *Faith they too can walk as Jesus did and live out the "Great Commission" in their own lives. Jesus Healed the Butterfly will also encourage you and your children to dig deeper into God's word and take a closer look at Jesus and the way he preached the word and healed the sick victoriously. Most of all it will teach you and your children to put on the heart of Jesus daily. Michelle D Armstrong has been a follower of Jesus Christ for 21 years, wife to Christopher, mom to Holly and Tara and a homeschooler. She actively walks out the healing ministry daily in grocery stores, malls and anywhere there is need for healing prayer with her daughters in toe. Together they preach the gospel and pray for the sick all in the precious name of Jesus.

Download or read book Why the Butterfly written by Shari Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies. A caterpillar spins its cocoon, not knowing the journey it embarks upon. As the cocoon encases the caterpillar, it brings about the end of its earthly existence. Then a transformation occurs. The caterpillar is “reborn,” emerging as a beautiful butterfly with wings to soar and an unleashed freedom. Life is a journey. And this book is about remembering the most important things as we travel through life. By remembering we can live like butterflies—not weighed down by this world, but uplifted in flight by the power of the True Spirit—heading toward our final destination. What are those most important things that we must remember along the way? Discover what they are, and how remembering them daily will establish your heart, anchor your soul and transform your mind. Then you will understand what it means to be free. Don’t let the title fool you; this is solid, biblical encouragement to remember the past in order to shape your future. I don’t know of another book of this kind, which makes it an even more important read. — Dr. Woodrow Kroll, Back to the Bible In a time when everything is changing at the speed of light, Why the Butterfly? is a timely reminder to remember the truth about who God is and who He has made us to be. — Brian Scoggin, Casting Crowns

Download or read book The Easter Butterfly written by Ruth Geisler and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: