A man found a cacoon 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 ........

  but I received everything I needed!

                       May God Bless You.

  May God Bless you with unspeakable joy, not only

 in the world to come, but  in this world also.

 May your path be bright and full of light everywhere you go.

 May God tell darkness that it must flee at your command.

 And, I pray your feet will never stumble out of God's plan.

 May the desires of your heart come true,

 And may you experience Peace in everything you do.

 May Goodness, Kindness, and Mercy come your way.

                                                                    Received in E-mail – Author Unknown