World Blog by humble servant.The Butterfly And Cocoon

The Butterfly And Cocoon

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.

Then the man decided to help the

butterfly,

so 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, shriveled 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 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

shriveled wings.

It never was 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 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,

it would cripple us.

We would not be as strong as

what we could have been.

And we could never fly.

[2:155] We will surely test you through some fear, hunger, and loss of money, lives, and crops. Give good news to the steadfast.