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God’s Big Plan
By Peter Kassner
Dedicated to Kara Grace Siert; the best niece an uncle could ever have.
I started writing this while I was sitting with Kara at the West Suffolk hospital for neutropenic fever induced by her first round of chemotherapy. Inspired by Kara’s wonderful story “Accepting the Syrup” and the inspiration of the aw inspiring, simple faith of my Fiancé Eunie.
Once upon a time a little baby worm was born in the land of the Far East. But her birthparents couldn’t keep her and they left her all alone, next to a big tree at the city park. “I’m such a Little Worm,” she thought, “now I’m going to be eaten by the wild dogs! Why doesn’t God love me any more?” And she cried and cried because she couldn’t see God’s big plan.
But even though the Little Worm didn’t know it, God was taking care of her. First he looked all over the world and said “Bless the little children and hinder them not.” “I will find a good home for my little girl.”
But the Little Worm was all alone and very afraid. So God sent His Holy spirit to keep the wild dogs and scary things away. But the Little Worm didn’t know that God was there. So He sent a kind old woman whom He had known for years to pick up Little Worm and carry her away.
The kind woman’s arms were warm and felt safe to Little Worm, and as she drifted off to sleep, she knew that God had made her warm and safe.
Now the kind old woman walked and walked till she reached the place where little orphan worms stay. To Little Worm’s surprise she left her there! “No!” cried Little Worm “why doesn’t God love me? He took my kind old woman away from me.” And as she cried and cried, God was there, crying with her, counting every tear till Little Worm fell asleep.
Many months passed by and Little Worm grew into a beautiful Little Caterpillar all soft, cute and fuzzy under her foster mother’s care. But Little Caterpillar still didn’t understand why she had to suffer without a real Mom and Dad. She just couldn’t see God’s big plan.
Now that Little Caterpillar was safe and growing well, God went to work far, far over the sea. Little Caterpillar had no idea how far he had traveled or what God was up to in His big plan. But God was very busy indeed. He was in America getting a new mommy and daddy ready just for Little Caterpillar. He knew that this little one he created very well, and he knew just what she was going to need.
Now God likes to work with people that know him. And this Loving Pair and God knew each other very well. God knew how much this Loving Pair wanted a child, and how much they had cried and prayed for a little one of their own to love and raise. God had counted every tear, and listened to every word of every prayer.
Now God had come to answer their prayers. “Pack your bags and be ready!” He said “For tomorrow I will send an eagle for you and over the sea you will fly!” “There in a Far East land a little answer to your prayers you will find.”
And so the next day they rose up on eagle’s wings, and flew into the east, far far away. They were so excited, they could hardly wait.
Now Gotcha Day had finally arrived and it was time for the Loving Pair to become Little Caterpillar’s Mom and Dad. But Little Caterpillar didn’t understand. All she knew was that her foster mom was warm and safe. She couldn’t see God’s big plan, and when she met her new Mom and Dad, she took one look and said “Waaaahhhhhh!!!...” “Why doesn’t God love me?” Little Caterpillar cried and cried, all day, most of the night, and all day again. Then finally, too tired to cry any more, she took a nap. Little Caterpillar had hoped that she had made enough of a fuss to get her foster mom back, that God would give her what she wanted. But when she woke, God had not answered her prayer to get her foster mom back. She cried and cried, “Why doesn’t God love me, and give me what I want?” because she couldn’t see God’s big plan. But God did lover her, and He loved her enough to give her what was best rather than what she wanted. So He counted every tear, and let every one that fell from her little eyes be blessed.
Little Caterpillar didn’t know it, but God had taken her through the tough things, every little step. The good and the bad, the safe and the scary, God was there, making it right and giving her a new Mom and Dad.
Now the great eagle came and flew the new family home over the sea and back to America. There, Little Caterpillar learned to love her new Mom and Dad very much. She grew and grew, becoming more beautiful every year. Her bright mind and her bright heart learned of God’s love, so she accepted Jesus into her heart. His Holy Spirit came to live in her heart, where His love transformed her into a beautiful Little Butterfly. The beauty of His love shone so bright in Little Butterfly that she did much to share God’s love and light.
Now the Darkness and Evil in the world didn’t like that Little Butterfly’s light shone so bright. And so they contrived a way to make Little Butterfly sick in her wing, to snuff out her light. Unfortunately, Darkness and Evil do this to many people all over the world, every day. But Darkness and Evil made a mistake; they thought that it was Little Butterfly’s beautiful wings that made her shine so bright when it was really her heart.
Great Eagle was coming soon to carry the family over the sea to England, where Daddy could work. Every one was excited to go on a new adventure, but no one knew about the plan of Darkness and Evil. That is except for God. And He was already busy, making plans to make everything right.
The weeks went on and the move was complete. Mom, Dad, and Little Butterfly were getting settled in their new home, going about seeing all the sights and making new friends. But Little Butterfly’s wing was starting to hurt. Little Butterfly didn’t like doctors so she didn’t tell anyone, keeping it secret, about her pain for a long time.
Now the problem with secrets sometimes is that it gives Darkness and Evil more time to their dirty work, more time to make Little Butterfly hurt worse. But finally, the pain was so bad that Little Butterfly couldn’t hide it any more. Bunches and bunches of pain, sent Little Butterfly crying and crying, Mom and Dad knew that something was definitely wrong now and they swept her away to the Healing Tree near by.
Test after test, day after day went by and the busy doctors at the Healing Tree worked to find out what darkness and Evil had done. The results weren’t good, it was cancer. Little Butterfly was very sick indeed.
Much time would pass and much hard work would need to be done by every one to make Little Butterfly better. The doctors, Little Butterfly, Mom and Dad, and all her friends would need to work together to save Little Butterfly’s life to keep her shining bright.
So the weeks went by, and Little Butterfly went to different healing trees to get the medicine she needed. It wasn’t very fun, not fun like Little Butterfly liked. She experienced many new things that she didn’t like.
Icky, awful sticky tape…
Yucky, nasty medicine to drink…
Pills she choked on…
Bad nasty shots…
Surgeries that hurt…
Therapy that hurt…
Little Butterfly prayed a lot for God to help her. But it felt like to her that God wasn’t there. Sometime she felt like He only helped her half way.
Little Butterfly wondered why God was letting all this happen to her. Didn’t God like her any more? Sometimes it felt like God only helped her half way. Little Butterfly, cried a lot, because she didn’t understand God’s big plan.
“How can nasty medical tape be in God’s big plan?” Little Butterfly wondered. “Why is going through this better than God taking it away?” But God didn’t say a word of what Little Butterfly wanted to hear.
So the hard things continued, and God made sure that everything happened on time. Little Butterfly always had the right things at the right time, even when she didn’t like it.
As time passed, Little Butterfly learned that medical tape didn’t have to be so nasty, and that the hard things weren’t the end of the world. She didn’t know it, but she was growing up little by little. And God was beside her smiling with every little step she made.
Little Butterfly learned to eat little bites, even when she didn’t feel like her tummy was just right. She even ate things that didn’t taste quite right.
She learned that being in a bad mood doesn’t always have to stay that way. She learned that God would always loved her anyway.
She learned many new, powerful things that she would never have learned if life had always been easy.
You see God’s big plan was to make her light shine even more bright. To teach her that even though Darkness and Evil tried to hurt her, she could love God, and God would always love her, and together they would fight.
She learned that God puts us through work, and things that are rough to build spirit and heart that are both tender and tough.
Everyone that God loves will suffer from time to time. God promised that loving Him in this world would be hard, even painful at times. He knows that Darkness & Evil will challenge us.
Adam & Eve had one son that killed their other.
Job lost everything he had.
Daniel was thrown into the lion’s den.
David was hated by the king he loved.
Joseph’s brothers threw him into a pit and sold him to be a slave.
Even John the Baptist ate locust (bugs) not just honey.
God struck Paul blind to make him see.
Peter got scared one time, and nearly drowned in the sea.
Little Butterfly never was quite the same, but that was God’s big plan you see. Darkness & Evil wanted to take her out, when she was a baby and when she had grown. But God had better plans throughout, better than we have ever known.
Little Butterfly came through the big tough time, strong, beautiful and free. She went on to great things, more than anyone ever imagined she could be. She learned to trust God’s big plan.
The End
By Peter Kassner
Dedicated to Kara Grace Siert; the best niece an uncle could ever have.
I started writing this while I was sitting with Kara at the West Suffolk hospital for neutropenic fever induced by her first round of chemotherapy. Inspired by Kara’s wonderful story “Accepting the Syrup” and the inspiration of the aw inspiring, simple faith of my Fiancé Eunie.
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