Submitted by Ahmed Ali Siddiqui
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 it's body through that little hole.
Then it seemed to stop making 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.
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 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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