cris,
totoo to, kaya we should always remember that we
are not here to solve peoples problem but to guide
them to the Lord from whom they can find hope and
wisdom in overcoming the situation they are in.
richard
--- Cris Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Cocoon
>
> 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 farther. Then the man decided to help
> the butterfly, so 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.
>
> REFLECTION:
> �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
> life. If God allowed us to go through our life
> without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would
> not be as strong as what we could have been.
>
> And we could never fly.�
>
> In your times of trial and tribulation, remember
> that we are praying for you, and in the end The Lord
> has a purpose for all of this. So one day you can
> fly with us... TO HEAVEN!
>
>
>
> \vcf:css
>
>
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