A BUTTERFLY’S LESSON

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 seems to stop making any  progress. 
It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could  
and it could not go any further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly:  
he took a pair of scissors and opened the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily. 
But it had a withered body, it was tiny and had shrivelled 

wings.

The man continued to watch because 

he expected that, at any moment,

the wings would open, enlarge and expand, 

to be able to support the butterfly’s body, and become firm.

Neither happened! 

In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a withered body and shrivelled wings. 

It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and his goodwill 
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,

i

t would  cripple us. We would not be as strong 

as we could have been. Never been able to 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 a Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage…..
And God gave me obstacles to overcome.

I asked for Love...
And God gave me Troubled  people to help.

I asked for Favours...

And God gave me  Opportunities.            

“I received nothing I wanted...

But I received everything I needed."

Live life without fear,

confront all obstacles

and evince that you can overcome them.