Tuesday, Febuary 21, 2012

BOB RAMBO


Hi!  I'm Bob Rambo, Lead Pastor at Central United Methodist Church.  Do you ever wish life were easier and filled with less struggle?  Most people do.  But struggle serves an important purpose.  It helps us develop into people of patience, perseverance, and character.

There's a story of a man who found a cocoon and took it home to watch the moth inside emerge.  One day a small opening appeared in the cocoon, and the moth began to come out.  But at a certain point, it seemed “stuck;” it could go no further.  So the man, wanting to help, took a pair of scissors and cut the cocoon to help the moth get free.  

And it DID.  But when the moth came out, its body and wings were twisted and shriveled.  The man watched for some time, thinking it would assume its normal shape eventually.  

BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED.  It never happened, because the struggle to get out of the cocoon is nature's way of forcing vital fluids from the moth's body into the wings.  And without the struggle, the moth never became what it was intended to be.  

Trials and struggles aren't fun.  But God can use them to help us grow.  

Make it a great day!