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the butterfly journey

The Problem

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The problem that the butterfly had was not knowing her value or worth as God had ordained it to be. The enemy is great at distracting us from the truth.

That was one of the biggest problems the butterfly had: not understanding who she was. And from that misunderstanding, she built all her decisions and based all her relationships on a lie.

She fought to be everything that she believed would bring her love. But what it actually brought her was pain, trauma, shame, and guilt. God never intended for her life to be this way, but she wasn’t listening to Him. She depended on the world’s systems to evaluate who she was supposed to be. And that was “the problem”.

Unfortunately, it took the butterfly years to finally get to a place where she could look to God. She would spend many years living an unsatisfying life, walking in brokenness. But God didn’t leave her in that space. He had a plan to divert her from the destructive, broken life to a place of wholeness in Him. But it wouldn’t be easy for the butterfly.

Even in the place of being transformed, the butterfly was kept in the wilderness, a place where her whole dependence had to be on God and nothing else. None of her old patterns would work in this situation, so she had to surrender.

The journey was a hard lesson for the butterfly, and it wouldn’t be until she was safe in her deliverance and healing that she would understand the full scope of what God did for her.

I find it amazing how God works out the bad things in our lives and turns them into something good. He does it even when we have decided to go our own way!

The butterfly is my story of redemption and love. I have spoken to, ministered to, and walked with women who were in the same sort of place that I was in. Being lukewarm in our walk with God is not pleasing to the Father. It is our responsibility to work out our soul salvation (and as Paul says: “with fear and trembling”). It’s time to consecrate ourselves to God and begin the process of sanctification.

I pray that you will desire to move past where you are and allow God to begin bringing you to a place that is pleasing and glorifying to Him. Time is of the essence. Jesus is coming back for a bride (church) that is without spot or blemish, and I don’t know about you, but I want to be there at the wedding with “the bridegroom,” Jesus.

Today is the day of salvation and repentance. The King is coming!

In Christ,

Lisa M. Walker

the butterfly journey

From Broken to Beautiful Series Part I – What Inspired Me to Write “The Butterfly’s Journey”?

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I didn’t really inspire myself to write the book; I was given the task directly by God. I wasn’t sure of what to do, but I said yes to God and trusted Him to help me accomplish the task. 

At the beginning of writing, I asked God why He wanted me to write the book. He clearly told me it was to help others who might be traveling a similar path. But I was a little apprehensive, because this story was my personal journey. I didn’t know if I could be so vulnerable with people outside of my close circle.

Later, I came to understand the importance of helping someone else understand their journey, and perhaps I could save them from the pitfalls I had endured.

I began to write. It was as if the Holy Spirit took over my hands, and I typed fast and long, and the words kept coming until I had no more to say. I wasn’t sure whether I was finished or just stuck in a writing block.

What came after that was concerning.  I read over the pages that I had written and began to cry at my own story.  It seemed so sad and broken; my heart was broken. God showed me that I was still healing from that part of my life.  And before I could release anything, I first had to finish healing.

At that point, my story sat in my computer until it was God’s appointed time for me to release it.

Sadly, it took 13 years for me to heal and get up the courage to move forward with publishing. In between all those years, I’ve been on many journeys, specifically with my health.  I was diagnosed with renal failure in 2022 and had to go on dialysis for 2 years, but God blessed me in October of 2025 to receive a lifesaving kidney transplant.

I am grateful for the next chance to complete everything that God has assigned to me. Stay with me, there is more.

In Christ,

Lisa M Walker

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At The Appointed Time

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I am so excited that after so many years working on this manuscript, I am finally finished and ready to publish. All of you who have been following me for a while know that this project has been an extremely long time coming.

I often wondered why it was taking me so long to complete. Many people asked me about it over the years, and I was embarrassed to say that I was still working on it. But in truth, I wasn’t working on it at all; it was just sitting in my computer, dusty.

I have prayed many times and asked God to send someone to help me get the book completed, but He didn’t send anyone. And those who did come to assist, didn’t really help, but I was grateful that they offered. I realized it was something that God had to work out in me to be able to finish.

There were times when I would read through part of the book, and raw emotions would come up in my spirit. That was a direct indication that I was not totally healed from the spiritual trauma that I experienced during that season.

I took a book-writing class a few years ago, and one of the things the instructor told us was that when she finished writing her first book, God told her to trash it. She was so surprised as to why God would tell her to trash her finished work. God told her that when she wrote that draft, she was not fully healed from what she wrote about. And writing and releasing a book like that could cause spiritual trauma to the reader. God told her not to bleed on the reader. Meaning that if you write and release your work from a place of brokenness, then the reader could be exposed to the very thing that they are trying to be delivered from.

And with that information, I sat on the book for years. I didn’t feel it was ready to release when I began writing it. Others around me thought it was a great finished product, but I knew I had to wait on the Lord to help me release it at the appointed time. Some of the time was plain delay on my part, and some was waiting for the right time.

When I say I am proud of myself at this moment, it is an understatement. I have worked hard over the last several weeks to make sure that not only did I complete this project, but that I did so in excellence. I have spent hours editing and rewriting, making sure I crossed every T and dotted every I. Because not only is this work a special gift from God, but it’s also an anointed word for those who need a success story of redemption, love, and grace from a loving God.

Be looking out for more details in the days to come for a release date, events, and gatherings as God releases this project for His glory.

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Yours in Christ,

Sister Lisa Walker