Butterflies

Sometimes the only way to know what would Jesus do is to ask Him.

Like a butterfly, a person can go from a worm like creature that crawls to a beautiful winged creature that flys. The secret to this extreme makeover of man is that it happens, that mighty transformation happens, on the inside.

God is the gardener here and sometimes, out of pure love, He gives us an extreme makeover. Be willing to submit to His pruning and your blessings will be eternal.

A selfish person simple cannot yield to the enticings of the Holy Spirit and put off the natural man or woman because it goes against his or her very nature.  But that is just the point. Putting off the natural man and becoming a saint is the divine process of changing our very nature.  Like learning a new language it will be obvious and awkward at first and many mistakes will be made, but over time with the right amount of endurance, practice, and humility, the new language will come.

There is a mindless, restless, discontented craving that exists in a casino where practically lifeless, empty, unhappy people go to squander what little left they have on the chance that next time things will be different.  And it rarely is.  Now consider this scripture. Do not spend money on that which is of no worth nor your labor on that which cannot satisfy. 2 Nephi 9:51

The world is like a big casino: are you gambling your life away?  "By their fruits ye shall know them" 3 Nephi 14:20.