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A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a
small opening appeared. He sat and watched the
butterfly for several hours as it struggled to
force its body through that little hole.
Then it seemed to stop making any
progress. It appeared as if it had
gotten as far as it could, and it could go no
further. So the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of
scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the
cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But
it had a swollen body and small,
shriveled wings.
The man continued to
watch the butterfly because he expected
that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge
and expand to be able to support the body,
which would contract in time.
Neither happened! In
fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life
crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled
wings. It never was able to fly.
What the man, in his
kindness and haste, did not understand was
that the restricting cocoon and the struggle
required for the butterfly to get through
the tiny opening were God's way of forcing
fluid from the body of the butterfly into its
wings so that it would be ready for flight once it
achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God
allowed us to go through our lives without any
obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as
strong as what we could have been.
I asked for Strength.........And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for
Wisdom.........And God gave me Problems to solve.
I asked for Prosperity.........And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.
I asked for
Courage.........And God gave me Danger to overcome.
I asked for Love.........And God gave me Troubled people to help.
I asked for Favors.........And God gave me Opportunities.
I received nothing I
wanted.........I received
everything I needed!
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