| One day a small opening appeared on a cocoon, a man sat and watched for 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 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. 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 a 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
Oh the moral of the story is so true......! we're all going through all kinds of different struggles right now but that's what we need in order to grow!!! as I have shared with Randy this afternoon already... studying in the different school campus is hard but it allows me to see how lame and unable I am.. and without Him I am really nothing!! It's clearer and clearer to see that I'm so small and unable.... and I thank God for that hehee 
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since we're moving out to another house in Dec! Dad said that he has already found one house and pushed the move-out-plan back to December on the day right before he leaves for Hong Kong this X'mas (original plan was Dec 1...) 
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