A man found a cocoon for 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 the 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 farther. Then the man decides to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and snipped the remaining bit of
the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. Something was strange. The
butterfly had a swollen body and shriveled wings. The man continued to watch
the butterfly because he expected 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 the a swollen body and deformed wings. It was never 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 small opening of the cocoon are the 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 struggle are
exactly what we need in our life.
If God allow us to go through all our life without any
obstacles , that would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could
have been, not only that , we could never fly.
Enjoy obstacles!
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