Why

Chad...my autistic man-child. God has taught me so many lessons through a life with this extraordinary boy. But that's a post for a different day.

Today it's about one of his "why" questions. He asks lots of them...Why didn't Pinocchio go to school, Why is Sierra an old dog, etc. (By the way, for those of you who know Sierra, Gaby recently sent me an email telling us that that sweet old dog has died. I didn't have the heart to tell Chad).

Yesterday we were walking along the beach at Asilomar and Chad asked me, "Why do caterpillars turn into butterflies?" After thinking a bit, I knew the answer. The real answer...you know, not the one about metamorphosis, or any other scientific explanation. But the real one.

I told him that's the way God is. That's one of His neatest qualities. He loves to take ordinary, mundane things and transform them into incredible works of beauty.

How do I know this? Because he took the self-centered, sinful heart that I handed to Him, and he's been doing a number on it.