The rose is among the most popular of floral expressions in love. Its crimson petals appear to cradle the beauty of love in a way that no other flower can. Its long stem reflects the promise love offers as it stretches, in hyperbole, beyond the pitiful efforts of all the other garden blossoms. Yet among this bountiful expressive passion of a flower there stays its robe of thorns; a picture to prove beauty on earth is all but perfect.
Each day is as a rose with its thorny charm, potentially perfect were it not for the curse of sin we experience in so many ways. Still, among the thorns we learn to appreciate the beauty that we behold of the rose.
Today I learned through some uncomfortable issues that there is still beauty in the hurt we feel; teaching us to turn to God in our discomfort for peace. In reaching out to our LORD we can discover beauty even among the thorns as we receive the peace that surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7)! In the end, the thorns are all part of the same beauty of the rose. Praise you Lord when we face trials because we know that the testing of our faith develops perseverance (James 1:2-3).
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