THE BUTTERFLY
There were two caterpillars. They were both starting to become a pupa. They had been waiting and both prayed to be a beautiful butterfly, but one of the caterpillars prayed to change the soonest.
Caterpillar 1: Dear God, it does not matter to me how long it will take, but I pray to be a healthy and beautiful butterfly.
Caterpillar 2: Dear God, I pray to be a beautiful butterfly the soonest.
Just a few days after, the second pupa was already getting tired of waiting. It decided to come out and started to break its chrysalis. It tried hard to come out of it, very eager to see its own wings. However, it became too disappointed, as it did not become a beautiful butterfly that he prayed for. It does not even look a butterfly nor a caterpillar as the metamorphosis was incomplete.
Caterpillar 2: God, why did I look like this? Why didn't I become a butterfly? I prayed and asked you to let me become a beautiful butterfly very soon, but why didn't you let me?
Few more days passed, the other emerged from its chrysalis turning into a fine, beautiful butterfly. The other one just watched the newborn butterfly as it flew over the flowers in the garden.
Remember that there are times that we should be patient and wait.
James 1:4 - Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
God answers prayer in 3 ways:
He says 'Yes' and gives you what you want.
He says 'No' and gives you better.
He says 'Wait' and gives you the best.
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ANG PARU-PARO
May dalawang higad na naghihintay na maging paruparo. Nag-umpisa na silang magbago at magkaroon ng uod-bahay. Parehong nagdasal na maging magandang paruparo, ngunit ang isa'y nagdasal na magbago sa pinakamabilis na panahon.
Higad 1: Panginoon, balewala sa akin kung maghintay ako ng matagal, ang tanging dasal ko lamang ay maging malusog at magandang paruparo.
Higad 2: Panginoon, ang dasal ko ay maging magandang paruparo sa lalong madaling panahon.
Makalipas ang ilang araw pa lamang, si Higad 2 ay naiinip na sa paghihintay, nagdesisyon siyang lumabas ng kanyang uod-bahay. Nagsimula siyang sirain ito, ginawa niya ang lahat ng kanyang makakaya upang makalabas mula dito upang kanya ng makita ang sariling mga pakpak. Sa kanyang paglabas, siya ay nadismaya, siya ay hindi naging paruparo, ni hindi siya mukhang paru-paro o higad dahil sa hindi natapos ang kanyang pagbabago.
Higad 2: Panginoon, bakit ganito ang aking itsura? Bakit hindi ako naging paruparo? Ako ay nagdasal at humiling na maging magandang paruparo sa lalong madaling panahon, ngunit bakit hindi mo ako pinagbigyan?
Makalipas ang ilan pang mga araw, ang isa naman ay lumabas ng kanyang uod-bahay na isa nang ganap na paruparo. Tinanaw na lamang niya ito habang ang isang paruparo ay lumilipad sa mga bulaklak sa hardin.
Tandaang may mga panahong kailangan nating magtiis at maghintay.
James 1:4 - At inyong pabayaan na ang pagtitiis ay magkaroon ng sakdal na gawa, upang kayo'y maging sakdal at ganap, na walang anoman kakulangan.
Ang Panginoon ay sumasagot ng panalangin sa 3 paraan:
Sasabihin Niyang 'Oo' at ibibigay niya ang iyong gusto.
Sasabihin Niyang 'Hindi' at ibibigay niya sa iyo ang mas mainam.
Sasabihin Niyang "Hintay" at ibibigay niya sa iyo ang pinakamainam.
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A/N: I dedicate this story to my friend, thebunnyhops.
(the picture to the right is not mine, no copyright infringement intended)
Please read my other book, it's a fantasy/short story: The Black-Sand Hourglass