Resurrecting the Butterfly Graveyard

By Sarah Elizabeth Beach

Caterpillars change into butterflies all the time, but true miracles are dead butterflies coming back to life.

Resurrecting the Butterfly Graveyard is a collection of forty poems about wrestling with God during a time of confusion, anger, and hurt. It's a story about being vulnerable and expressing frustration with God and His plan. It's a story about losing everything you love and feeling alone and abandoned. However, it's also a story about new life being breathed into dead lungs. The Lord wants to strip away everything that we cling to, the things that have caused our souls to feel cold, dead, and empty, and give us a fresh start and a clean slate. Disappointment and pain are a part of life, but we need to place them on the altar and let God be God. Let Him resurrect broken hearts, burned relationships, and dead dreams.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: May 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9798886166088

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Resurrecting the Butterfly Graveyard

Sarah Elizabeth Beach

ISBN 979-8-88616-607-1 (paperback)

ISBN 979-8-88616-608-8 (digital)

Copyright © 2023 by Sarah Elizabeth Beach

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Table of Contents

To my kind, compassionate, and very patient mother. For hours and hours, she sits on the phone with me, listening to me talk. She always offers a loving ear and strong encouragement. My mother has a faith in God that is beautiful, intimate, and powerful. She truly fears the Lord, and her life demonstrates it wonderfully. I would not be who I am today if it was not for her constantly fighting for me.

Also, to my sister, my dad, my close friends, and my family. I will forever love each of you and will always appreciate everything you have done for me.

Acknowledgments

Prologue

A Wounded Butterfly Falling to the Cold, Hard Ground

My Words

My Confession Letter

What I Once Thought

My Pain: Part 1

A Damned Holy Saint

My Pain: Part 2

A Voice That Haunts

The Sounds of Fear

Maybe One Day

My Pain: Part 3

A Painful death of a once-happy creature

On the Kitchen Floor

Falling Dominos

Painful Consequences

Broken

Is It Worth It?

Unfortunately

My Prison

Expecting Disappointment

Battle Cry: Part 1

The March into Battle

A Slight Change in the Wind Brought New Life into Dead Lungs

Flap of a Butterfly's Wing

Battle Cry: Part 2

To Believe or to Not? So Why Not?

My Daughter

That's When