Scottie
Wisdom&Faith
Jean Russell Nave
Scotties and
butterflies
If you ever saw the
m o v i e < B r a v e h e a r t =
you may remember how
William Wallace yelled
out <Freedom!= during the
scene at the end when they
executed him. Freedom is
the Scotsman9s mantra. My
Scotties, being like their
name, become transformed
when they get to take a free
off-leash walk in the woods.
Of course, a founding
principle of America is that
all people want to be free.
Ask yourself this question:
How free are you? Ask it
from a spiritual sense. Are
you as free as you want to
be?
I believe butterflies
were put on this earth to
help us understand our
spiritual potential. During
this marvelous season
of the butterfly9s south-
bound migration, think for
a moment about the cat-
erpillar and its butterfly.
Let9s revisit their story.
Once a tiny egg hatches
on a leaf, a small cater-
pillar emerges, spending
his life eating leaves as
he grows bigger and big-
ger. He may move from
bush to bush as he searches
for the freshest leaves to
eat; but he basically lives
a confined life until one
day, something inside
tells him there could be
more.
Suddenly the caterpil-
lar has a divine awaken-
ing. He discovers he can be
born again into a much freer
self. Filled with hope and
faith, he follows the divine
directions; some may call it
DNA. He doesn9t hesitate.
He doesn9t complain about
his current limited condition
asking <why did you take so
long to tell me about this?=
He simply answers the call
to change. Hanging from a
leaf, he goes to sleep for a
time while God uses DNA
to completely transform the
wormlike creature into a
beautiful, graceful, winged
being. Now able to fly, this
new organism soars as high
as the clouds 4 monarch
butterflies have been seen
flying as high as 11,000 feet
above sea-level.
This can be your story.
You are really a limitless
eternal Divine Spirit; you
are not your body, tied to
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the ground with a short
time to live. Jesus said you
can be everything he was
4 and still is. Think what
that means. Your conscious-
ness, that part of you sci-
ence can9t find but knows
exists, is Divine Spirit. That
Spirit is living in a biologi-
cal housing we call a body,
cut off from its potential
due to your lack of knowl-
edge and faith.
You are trapped like the
caterpillar unable to ascend
above the body9s limita-
tions. Most people think
and act like the caterpillar.
They just go to work, come
home tired, eat dinner,
watch some television and
go to bed, only to start it all
over again the next day.
Jesus told us we could
be much more than that.
But we9d have to be like
the caterpillar. We9d have to
trust the little voice inside
which says there is more;
there is the possibility of
greater freedom and a won-
derful life. As we learn to
trust God, we search for
new answers. We find those
answers in the Holy Bible
and many other books. I
recommend the remark-
able book, <The Sermon
on the Mount= by Emmet
Fox if you want to gain real
in-depth knowledge. This
is the book that gave me a
new view of my potential. If
you don9t have a lot of time,
a quick read is his book
<Emmet Fox Explains.=
A celebrated preacher
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during the early 20th
C e n t u r y, E m m e t F o x
walked the talk. He became
nearly deaf and blind as a
young person due to chronic
illness. One day he found
a transformative spiritual
book which explained many
historic mystic meanings
found in the Bible. That
document showed him how
to rise above his illness to a
higher spiritual level than
he had ever experienced
before. This higher faith
made him well. He regained
his hearing and most of
his sight 4 only needing
glasses for full vision. But
most important, he found
more personal freedom
than he had ever believed
possible.
This transformation
allowed Emmet Fox to heal
other people. He continued
to read and assimilate all of
Christ9s teachings. Soon he
began speaking about what
he had learned.
He moved back to
America, where he was
born and was asked to lead
a church in New York City.
In the 1930s that church
grew from 500 members
to over 5,000 because of
Fox9s amazing ability to
tell Christ9s story, captivat-
ing people9s attention and
bringing them closer to
God. U.S. Senators, movie
stars and people all the way
down to the lowest levels
of society attended Fox9s
church. They loved him,
they loved God and they
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learned to love each other.
God9s love transformed
Emmet Fox. God9s love
transforms anyone who is
willing to fully embrace
the One Great Power in the
universe. The core message
is to love everyone and all
God9s creations. Forgive all
people whom you believe
have trespassed against you.
Set them free so that you
become as free as the but-
terfly, enjoying a full and
happy life. You can be just
like my Scotties on an off-
leash forest walk. You can
leave the pain and fear and
ascend to Love.
<Love is patient, love
is kind. It does not envy,
it does not boast, it is not
proud. It does not dishonor
others, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it
keeps no record of wrongs.=
4 1 Corinthians 13:4-5
(NIV).
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