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The Butterfly Story
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!
May God Bless you
with unspeakable joy,
not only
in the world to come,
but in this world also.
May your path be bright and full of light
everywhere you go.
May God tell darkness
that it must flee at your command.
And, I pray your feet will never stumble
out of God's plan.
May the desires of your heart come true,
And may you experience Peace
in everything you do.
 
 
 
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