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A man found a cocoon for 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 the little hole. Then it seemed to stop making
any progress.
It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and
could go no farther.
Then the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a
pair of scissors and snipped the remaining bit of the
cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily. Something was
strange. The butterfly had a swollen body and
shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the
butterfly because he expected 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 deformed
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
small opening of the cocoon are 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 throughall our life without
any obstacles, that would cripple us. We would not be
as strong as what we could have been. Not only that,
we could never fly.
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muda. Jadilah teladan bagi orang-orang percaya, dalam perkataanmu,
dalam tingkah lakumu, dalam kasihmu, dalam kesetiaanmu dan dalam
kesucianmu" -- 1Tim 4:12
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