A friend sent it to me, I did not see an authors name; but did see James 2:2 if
that is any help? Your friend, Lillian
Joicy Becker-Richards wrote:
> Beautiful, Lillian, and so true...where did you find it? Love, Joicy
>
> lillian jennings wrote:
> >
> > *** BENEFITS OF STRUGGLING ***
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > "Count it all joy, brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing
> >
> > that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance
> > have it's full effect, that you may be complete and perfect, lacking in
> >
> > nothing."
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