Beautiful Butterflies! (poem) by Jms Bell on AuthorsDen

Beautiful Butterflies!
by Jms Bell → (All Poetry by Jms Bell)
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 Rated "G" by the Author.

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‘…I’ll be with you always…’ (Mat 28:20) ~ Though, at times, it may be difficult to ‘feel’ this promise, we can always know He is with us. God Created all of Nature for us to ‘see’ and be reminded of Him. And His Word (Phil 4:8) says, if…we think on lovely & good things, our mind and heart will be elevated to ‘see’ and Praise Him. Butterflies are only one example of the lovely things which can be brought-to-mind, bringing us into an awareness of His Presence…no matter where we are.

Did you know…our thoughts of… Beautiful Butterflies… can lift our minds from dens of despair to a place where…like them…we fly So real, is this…visual…blessing it can fill us with faith that’s not seen for whether we’re up or down…they flutter here and there within our …scene Why, it’s a priceless gift…for the open heart for all…who will receive… the …vow…from His Holy Word and recall…‘He’ll never leave’ But only by truly believing can this revealing be caught through the opening of the spiritual eye *to absorb…each word…He has* taught** He promised…to ever be with us we need only gather this truth to… see *the purpose of all His Marvelous Creations* … was to encourage…you and me Wherever we may roam…there dost soar on the chords of a cherub’s…eternal hymn melodies to the …Majesty…of His Reign… natures Art…which celebrates…Him! And…to His Marvelous Power and HisLove Divine which will never die! we...embrace… His Glorious Promised Presence… which hovers…like…Beautiful Butterflies! Col 1:16, Rev 4:11 copyright/jmsbell-5/29/2018**
JMS Bell, poet, writer, author, artist

Reviewed by Susanne Leist

Reviewed on May 31, 2018

Inspirational and passionate.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on May 30, 2018

I love the way you take the time to color your poems, letter by letter. I believe it's a labor of love why you do it.

In this poem, you feature butterflies as a gift from "God." I believe you know that the ubiquitous Monarch butterfly is in peril of extinction. The primary plant that enables the Monarch butterfly to populate the entire North American continent every summer, the milkweed, is being systematically destroyed. Corporate farms hate weeds of all kinds and, therefore, have tried to eliminate any place they grow and have used copious amounts of herbicide to rid the countryside and crops of them.

I recall in my youth seeing countless Monarch butterflies fluttering about and whacking off the tops of milkweed to see that sticky, milky substance they had inside. That substance, when ingested by the Monarch, becomes a poison for birds. Birds instinctively, and Cheney food from experience, avoid attacking the Monarch butterfly, and even some imposters that have similar orange color and markings.

Yet we think it's God's way that we should have clean and neat food and ethanol production without unsightly weeds. Systematically depriving the Monarch butterfly of its food and reproduction. Such are our Puritan ways.

I think it's time for us to honor God in other ways and allow the milkweed and the Monarch butterfly to live and let live.

Ron

Reviewed by Jane Noponen Perinacci

What a moving write, Joyce! You got my faith going on. That's good! You just happen to come around when I need it and I needed it today, my friend. God bless!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by John Herlihy

The signs of nature are indeed the true signs and symbols of a supreme, loving Being who created the vast universe. And no better representative of that being the beloved butterfly who soars on high so that we may soar on high. Lovely poem of hope and spirit.

Reviewed by John Domino

Colorful and powerful poetic love verses! I love you Joyce and I love the gift you have received from our Lord Jesus! I especially love and I am taken back by this verse, "the purpose of all His Marvelous Creations … was to encourage…you and me". This is so meaningful and real to me! I only suggest a slight change in this sentence to read, "the purpose of all His Marvelous Creations … IS to encourage…you and me eternally! Amen!