A Butterfly’s Lesson
”One day, a small oppening
appeared on a cocoon;
a man sat and watched
for the butterfly for
several hours as
it struggled to force
its body through
that little hole.
Then, it seems
to stop making
any progress.
It appeared as if
it had gotten as far as
it could and it
could not go any further.
So the man decided
to help the butterfly:
he took a pair of scissors
and opened the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily.
But it had a withered body,
it was tiny and shrivelled wings.
The man continued
to watch because
he expected that,
at any moment,
the wings would open,
enlarge and expand,
to be able to support
the butterfly’s body,
and become firm.
Neither happened!
In fact, the butterfly spent
the rest of its life crawling
around with a withered body
and shrivelled wings.
It never was able to fly.
What the man,
in his kindness and his goodwill
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 life.
If God allowed us
to go through our life
without any obstacles,
it would cripple us.
We would not be
as strong as we could
have been.
Never been able to fly.
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 a Brain and Brawn to work.
I asked for Courage…..
And God gave me obstacles 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...
But I received everything I needed."
Live life without fear, confront all obstacles and be convince that you can overcome them.
