Saturday, January 22, 2011

Life is a gym. Adervesity is the muscle building equipment. BYOE - Bring your own energy.

No pain. No gain.


Does it hurt to work out?


Sure it does. At least in the beginning.


Adversities in life are like that. It sure hurts when they hit us but they make us stronger too.


Anything that does not kill you only makes you stronger.


If you do not last bad times. You won't be there to see good times.


It is always darkest before the dawn. Hang in there. Dawn is about to happen and sun in our life is going to banish all the darkness.


"One of the many fascinating events in nature is the emergence of the Cecropia moth from its cocoon - an event that occurs only with much struggle on the part of the moth to free itself. The story is frequently told of someone who watched the moth go through this struggle. In an effort to help - and not realizing the necessity of the struggle - the viewer snipped the shell of the cocoon. Soon the moth came out with its wings all crimped and shriveled. But as the person watched , the wings remained weak. The moth, which in a few moments would have stretched those wings to fly, was now doomed to crawling out it brief life in frustration of ever being the beautiful creature God created it to be.


What the person in the story did not realize was that the struggle to emerge from the cocoon was an essential part of developing the muscle system of the moth's body and pushing the body fluids into the wings to expand the,. By unwisely seeking to cut  short the moth's struggle, the watcher had actually crippled the moth and doomed its existence.


The adversities of life are much like the cocoon of the Cecropia moth. God uses them to develop the spiritual muscle system of our lives. "


Above is quoted from a decent book - Trusting God even when life hurts by Jerry Bridges.


Cheers!


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