There Is Strength In Our Struggles

Have you ever watched someone go through a battle? Only to question… Why Lord?  

Maybe it was your own struggle and you just did not understand why.

When you look into the bible you see many great men and women of God that had to struggle. Job was a mighty man of God and yet he still had his struggles.

Though those struggles and trials he became stronger.

James 1:2,3 say:

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.”

It is those struggles and trails that make us stronger in our faith. It helps us to fly on our own.  

Did you know that when a butterfly starts to come out of its cocoon, It is the struggle that allows it to be strong and fly on its own?

A butterfly is supposed to struggle. In fact, the struggle to get out of the cocoon is what pushes the fluids out of the body and into its wings. Without that struggle that butterfly would never be able to fly. If you where to cut that butterfly free from its cocoon so it did not have to struggle, you would actually hurt the growth of that butterfly.

That struggle that you or your loved one face is supposed to happen. We will not grow in our faith or in life without it. We learn and become stronger when we struggle. The bigger the struggle the stronger we become.

We need to allow ourselves and others to struggle in order for us to grow.

So remember when you come across a struggle this is to help you not hurt you and say Thank you Jesus. Remember he is with you all the way. He will not cut you out of that cocoon but he will strengthen you to allow you to break free. And when you see someone struggle. Don't cut them free but pray for them and watch them turn into the most beautiful butterfly they are meant to be. We all need to struggle so we can fly.