“I asked the Lord for a bunch of fresh flowers
but instead He gave me an ugly cactus with many thorns.
I asked the Lord for some beautiful butterflies
but instead He gave me many ugly and dreadful worms.
but instead He gave me many ugly and dreadful worms.
I was threatened.
I was disappointed.
I mourned.
But, after many days, suddenly,
I saw the cactus bloom with many beautiful flowers
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And those worms became beautiful butterflies
flying in the wind.
God’s way is the best way.”
*Written by Dr. Chung-Ming Kao during his 4 year imprisonment*
Has God transformed your “cactus” into “beautiful flowers”?
Has He turned those “ugly worms” into “butterflies”?
Are you still waiting for that to happen?
It might not be something that takes place overnight, but we too believe that
“God’s way is the best way!”
Thank you for joining us for this Simply Sunday at the Fence,
That’s so ironic because we spoke of this at church this morning. It’s funny how God doesn’t always answer our prayers like we think He should, but oftentimes those answers are blessings in disguise!
God must really be wanting us to get this message… I wrote something similar, and posted it late last night on Inspiration Friday.
So true! Sometimes we overlook blessings, because we don’t recognize that our prayers have already been answered. Great post.
I say a big, Amen! God’s ways are best, even when we can’t understand.
Beautiful Post! If we could just learn to trust that God knows the future and what is best! Only He could make something wonderful and beautiful out of nothing! 🙂
…Thanks for sharing this!
In gratitude! If only all lost souls could understand that God’s love isn’t always sunshine and posies and blaring like a car horn. It’s in teaching us to look past the ugly that our soul really starts to grow. andrea@townandprairie
Thank you so much for this beautiful post. I know this very well and wrote of it on my blog, but I have a dear non-believing friend who needs to accept this and hasn’t.
She needs to desperately, times are not good now in her family. Please keep M in your prayers, thanks
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Thank you for this…it is beautiful!!! After many years of fighting depression and loneliness, I am finally seeing the worms turned to butterflies and the flowering cactus in my life…the puzzle of myself that was in complete disarray is finally starting to take shape…and much is due to me understanding Jesus in the right way and following him…
We need to see the flowers and butterflies and be thankful. I am. Thank you.
You are so right, God’s way are not our ways, and we might not always understand, but I too, have come to understand that God really knows what He is doing, after all, he created the Universe, and we can trust that
His way is always the Best Way!!
Blessings to you,
Nellie
Beautiful.
Perhaps not at the moment, but in time I am always grateful that he gave me the process before the product. Maybe I’m just a before and after kind of gal, but when God does it, it is especially amazing.
Thank you for the beautiful reminder.
Amen!
This is beautiful and am so glad I popped in today Vanessa!
Gods way is the best way!!!
Deborah xo