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
farther.
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.
However, it had a swollen body and small, shriveled
wings.
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he
expected the butterfly to fly. He thought that at any
moment, the wings would enlarge and expand and the
body would contract, so that the butterfly could take
off.
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 was the
struggle required for the butterfly - in order for the
butterfly to get through the tiny opening, this was
nature'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 nature allowed us to go through our life
without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would
not be as strong as what we could have been.and we
will never fly...
My faith is greater than my fears; therefore, I freed
from all anxieties, I live one day at a time, praising
Him all along the way for His most loving care.
