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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 further. So 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 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. |
We all have to go through struggles and rough times in our lives. How often do we want to do things for our little ones, our family, and our friends, so that they do not have to struggle and be hurt? Are we doing them a favor, or does God intend for us to all have a few obstacles in our lives to make us strong? No matter what we go through in our lives, God is always by our side, giving us encouragement and helping us to grow and become the best that we can be. Through this struggling, just as the butterfly, we become just as God intended for us to be. . . "Born Free" |
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly. |
Happiness is like a butterfly the more you chase it, the more it eludes you but if you turn your attention to other things it comes and softly sits on your shoulder. |
I feared change, until I saw that even the most beautiful butterfly had to undergo a metamorphosis before it could fly. |
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"Love is Like a Butterfly" Performed by Dolly Parton |
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