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Cross Moth

Late one evening last summer, I was coming home from a night out with my parents.  As I approached the house, I noticed a moth with unusual markings on its wings perched on my door.  It was dark out, but even by the dim patio light I could see that the design resembled that of a cross.  I walked into the house, tired, thinking that I should get a picture of it, but then I got distracted, forgot all about it, and went to bed.

The next morning, I let the dogs out and remembered the moth on the front door.  I checked and was shocked to find that it was still there.  I went back inside, grabbed my camera, snapped a few shots, then downloaded them to see how they looked.  I was not at all happy with the close-ups – – they were all blurry.  The clearest photo was the one posted above.  So I went back outside to get a better picture.

The moth was gone.

Why was it there all night, and then suddenly gone once I took the picture?

I had never seen a moth like that in my entire life (I grew-up playing in the woods where collecting bugs was pretty-much a requirement).  I went back to the computer and looked at the enlarged image.  Is it me, or does that design on the wings look, not merely like a cross, but like a figure on a cross (if you click on the picture you can see an enlarged view of it).   Having recently become a Christian, I couldn’t help but think there was some special purpose behind this entire episode.  What that special purpose was?  I still haven’t quite figured that out yet.  But I really like the following quote I found online about this type of moth (called the Clymene moth), and I’m going to stick with this interpretation for now:

“When you see one of these moths

it means that your prayer has been answered

 and that the place where you found it

 is protected by angels.”

 

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