A man found the 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 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 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.  And we
could never fly. So have a nice day... and struggle a little.
 

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