The Rose

I have thought of this poem many times since I first read it about 5 years ago.  It is such a beautiful illustration of how some things MUST be left in Gods hands.  I adore roses and previously had a large rose garden for several years, never one time was "I" able to speed up the process of one single bloom.  Each rose opened in its own time, and proved beautiful and perfect EVERY time.  When you start to grow and live spiritually, as a result of God in your heart, you will bloom into the perfect servant that HE would have you be ~ all in "HIS" time! As each petals opens a new experience or trial or mile is represented, God brought you through safely, Beautifully. Love, Shawnte

Eph. 2:10 ~For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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THE ROSE

It is only a tiny rosebud,
A flower of God's design;
But I cannot unfold the petals
With these clumsy hands of mine.

The secret of unfolding flowers
Is not known to such as I.
GOD opens this flower so sweetly,
When in my hands they fade and die.

If I cannot unfold a rosebud,
This flower of God's design,
Then how can I think I have wisdom
To unfold this life of mine?

So I'll trust in Him for His leading
Each moment of every day.
I will look to him for His guidance
Each step of the pilgrim way.

The pathway that lies before me,
Only my Heavenly Father knows.
I'll trust Him to unfold the moments,
Just as He unfolds the rose.

~ © Bryan T. Burgess ~