Silent Insight

In the classic Charles Swindoll book, Living Above the Level of Mediocrity, we are provided some insight into our mind. As is evident daily, “we act out precisely what we take in.” Proverbs 23:7 evens gives us insights, “For as he thinks within himself, so he is.” In this regard, Swindoll states that to have a life of excellence “is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence.” He goes on to state that it may take time and may involve some pain but what will result is a metamorphosis. To this end, he provides the story of Sid the caterpillar.

Sid was a regular dirty caterpillar squirming in the dirt. One day he had a great idea to crawl up the stem of a bush, secreted fluid, and build a house around him. Everything was very still for quite a while. One could conclude that nothing was going on when in essence a metamorphosis was taking place. Then, “one day Sid began to raise the window shades of his house.” One could begin to see colors, and then one day the house shook violently. Out from the cocoon came a beautiful wing then came another. Still not fully out, one might be tempted to try and help. But, no, this would maim him forever. Instead, you let him work his way out without any assistance. Eventually, Sid crawled out completely and opened his beautiful wings. He was no longer squirming in the dirt and no, he didn’t go back to the dirt again. Instead, he took off with flight power. No more dirt and dust. Off he went from flower to flower “enjoying the sweet nectar in God’s wonderful creation.”

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