Butterfly's Wings

      One day a small opening appeared on a cocoon, a man sat and force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any futher. 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, shreveled 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 suppout 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 understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the 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,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 courage

And God gave me danger to overcome.

I asked for love

And God gave me tuoubled people to help.

I received nothing I wanted.

I received everything I needed.

From Book : Beautiful English  <Life is an Attitude>