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A man found a cocoon for 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 the little hole.
Then it seemed to stop making any progress.
It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and could go no farther.
Then the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and snipped the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily.
Something was strange.
The butterfly......
had a swollen body and shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected 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 deformed wings.
It was never 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 small opening of the cocoon
was 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 all our life without any obstacles, that would cripple us.
We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Not only that, we could never fly.
"God doesn't give us more than He feels we can handle"
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it."
1 Cor. 10:13
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