This is a great story that reminds us how struggles are an important part of life -
they help us appreciate it better.
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 progress. It
appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further. 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, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the
butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and
expand and 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 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 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 lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any
obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have
been. We could never fly!
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 prosperity... and God gave me
brain and brawn to work.
I asked for courage... and God gave me danger
to overcome.
I asked for love... and God gave me troubled
people to help.
I asked for favors... and God gave me
opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted... I received
everything I needed.
Nifraħlek għal ħafna blogs interessantissimi speċjalment dwar l-artisti Maltin. Għal li jista' jkun qatt ktibt dwar il-pittur Malti Ignazio Carlo Cortis (1826-1898)?
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