Butterfly
 

One day, a small opening 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 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 life.

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.

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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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