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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. We could never 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 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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