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.
Until
it suddenly
stopped making any progress
and looked like it was stuck.
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, although it had
a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.
The man didn’t think anything
of it and sat there waiting for the wings to enlarge to support the
butterfly. But that didn’t happen. The butterfly spent the rest of
its life unable to fly, crawling around with tiny wings and a swollen
body.
Despite
the kind
heart of the man,
he didn’t understand that the restricting cocoon and the
struggle needed by the butterfly to get itself through the small
opening; were God’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the
butterfly into its wings. To prepare itself for flying once it was
out of the cocoon.
Our
struggles in life develop our strength. Without struggles, we never
grow and never get stronger, so it’s important for us to tackle
challenges on our own, and not be relying on help from others.
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