butterfly lesson

A BUTTERFLY LESSON

One day a small opening appeared on a cocoon;

A man sat and watched for several hours

As it struggled to force its body through the little hole

Then it seemed to stop making any progress,

It appeared as 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 shriveled wings

The man continued to watch because he expected that,

At any moments the wings would open, enlarged 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 withered body and shriveled wings,

It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and his goodwill,

Did not understand that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required,

Far the butterfly to get through the tiny opening,

Were God’s ways of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings,

So it would be ready for flight once it achieved for freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life.

If God allow us to go through our life without any obstacles,

It would cripple us.

We would not be as strong as we would 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 on

I asked for Courage….

And God gave me obstacles to overcome.

I asked for Love…and God gave me Troubled people to help..

And 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 the difficulties..and evince that you can overcome them…