God's Way is the Best - Testing Times

 God's Way is the Best - Testing Times

I ask 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

 

I was threatened,

I was disappointed,

I mourned.

But after many days,

suddenly I saw the cactus bloom

with many beautfiul flowers,

and those worms became

beautiful butterflies

flying in the Spring wind

God's way is the best.

 

-- Source:  Chun-Ming Lao, Written from Prison

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