Frog Prince

A frog is an amphibian.  This word comes from the Greek amphi and bios, meaning double-life. Frogs live and function on land and in the water.  They start their life solely in the water as tadpoles.  When metamorphous begins, the tadpole develops legs, arms and the ability to live and breathe on land.  As the changing tadpole further develops, it spends less time in the water and more time on land. Soon, it loses its earlier characteristics and takes on a completely new form.

 

 

As Christians, we are like the frog and have a double-life.  It begins in the worldly realm and progresses into the spiritual realm.  We start life as a tadpole (unbeliever), completely unable to enter the spiritual realm.  However, when we believe in Jesus Christ a metamorphous takes place - as new Christians we are like tadpoles in their first stages of change.  With weak, worldly legs that distract and hinder us, we spend very little time (if any) in the spiritual realm.  But as we continue to grow, our spiritual legs get stronger and arms begin to form.  We start to lose our tail (old ways) and spiritual lungs begin to function (new ways).
Just as the transformation of frogs is progressive, so, too, are the changes in Christianity.  As we slowly develop, we spend more time in the spiritual realm than in the earthly realm.
Furthermore, when we became Christians we automatically became royalty. We are frog-princes waiting to be kissed.  When we die God gives us that kiss (resurrection) and our metamorphosis is complete.  We will be clumsy frogs no longer but glorious royalty for eternity.