Butterfly One day, a small opening appeared on a cocoon. A man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours its struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then, it seems to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could not go any further. So the man decided to help the butterfly: he took a pair of scissors and opened the cocoon. The butterfly than emerged easily. But he had a withered body, it was tiny and shriveled wings. The man continued to watch because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would open, enlarge and expand, to be able to support the butterfly body, and become firm. Neither happened!!! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a withered body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly. What the man in its kindness and his goodwill 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.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 08:47:38 +0000