Butterfly....

 

                                                                                   

                         

Everyday I wake up and think what obstacle am I going to face today.

I sometimes whine and complain about how hard of a life I've had and how other people are so lucky..... But the time whole time that I am feeling sorry for myself .. A little voice trys to remind me that God does not give us more than we can handle....I think had my life been different would I have been the person I am today..Would I have made it this far as a wife and mother....

If I was rich would I appreciate what that money could buy me..Would I be happy? Would I be in love?....We sometimes ask and want for things that we can not have but what if we had these things would we be satisfied?  I am the person I am today because I had to struggle and work and fight for what I've achieved....If  everything in my life was easy and landed right in my hands  I bet you anything that I would be a lazy ungrateful B@#&*.... There are so many people who have it all...Money, Houses, Cars, Perfect bodies, Beautiful looks, Perfect job ,Popularity Etc.. But are they really happy? Are they satisfied or are they missing something( all we have to do is look at all these celebrities who are destroying themselves)

And then there are those who have nothing Less than what I have and they are perfectly content with their lives and you know what I wish I knew how they did it because right now I am in the middle.... Let this short story be an inspiration to us all....Enjoy

BUTTERFLY

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 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 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 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!

Trust in God. Always !