What's Your Sign?

I was raised in the church.  I've always had faith, or so I thought.  Websters defines faith as 1) having complete trust in something or someone; 2) belief in the existence of God. I have a foundation with a belief in the existence of God. But does that mean that I have complete trust in him?
I have been reading a book called Jesus, Life Coach written by Laurie Beth Jones. It is a nice book to read at night because the chapters are short and each one is a standalone chapter so you don't feel like you have to keep reading to find out 'whodunit'. And honestly, if you look at the title you already know 'whodunit'.

One of the chapters discussed having a sign with God.  A sign that reminds us that he is there for us even if we don't feel like it.  The sign the author chose was a ladybug. She described several examples of how God sent her a ladybug when she most needed it.  I don't know about you, but I've always wanted to have that directional sign to show me the way from God.  You know what I'm talking about, the one at the fork in the road that says 'Success this Way' and points one direction and the other sign says something like 'Danger' or 'Only choose this path if you want to stumble and fall'  So I figured I would give this a chance.

I was all set to ask God to use the ladybug to be a sign for me too.  I asked God to please send me a ........butterfly.  WHAT?  How did that happen? Honestly, I had not even thought about butterflies but there it was.  Now how could I argue with that.  Ok God, send me a butterfly when I am uncertain or need to feel like I have chosen the right path.

I have come to love the creativity of God.  The next morning, the first post I saw on Facebook (yes, I still look at Facebook while I'm drinking my coffee in the morning) was a butterfly.  I really don't remember what the post was or who posted it, I just remember smiling.  Since then I have seen butterflies in amazing places.  Each time I see one I smile and wonder how did I get from ladybug to butterfly.  And then I remember, God has a plan for each of us.

So now not only do I have a belief in God, but I have this new found FAITH in God that he is with me and he will remind me when my faith is faltering by sending me butterflies.