A man found a cocoon (chrysalis)
of a butterfly
Then 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
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

~ Author Unknown ~
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