for thorns roses adorn.
Just as in life, good times born
are adorned with many storms.
We moan, are worn, and forlorn.
Storms leave us alone and torn.
For good times we do yearn.
A shelter in the storm.
There is a purpose in thorns
for patience and hope is formed.
Hope is a confidence being born.
Out of it blooms roses despite thorns.
Every thorn wears a rose.
That's just the way it grows.
Just as in life, every sorrow
can bear a joyful tomorrow.
So next time life sows woes
and you're feeling quite low
remember the rose -
with thorns it does grow.
Your lows and woes
will someday sow
a lovely rose.
Beauty grows.
Half of the beauty from life's roses
comes from thorns we've endured along the road
for thorns are what shape us into who we are.
In the end, we're much better for it by far.
Instead of concentrating on the thorn,
look beyond it to the rose being born
for from thorns beauty is formed.
We are being transformed.
Being transformed through difficulties.
That's what thorns are meant to do, you see.
Being made into a rose
where beauty is seen and glows.
It's only norm
that every thorn
will one day grow
a lovely rose.
Growing beauty
is its duty.
Just as our trials teach us
patience and to learn to trust -
growing our inner beauty,
so we will turn out lovely.
A rose arose
from lows and woes.
* * * * *
Right now, today, are you going through a storm?
Does it feel like a festering thorn?
Concentrate on the word 'through'
as your storm will come to pass, too.
Though you may temporarily mourn,
in the end, beauty is being born
as patience
or kindness.
One day we'll see that Sovereign God
worked all things together for good.
His holy purposes
were worked out through us.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze...
since you are precious and honored in my sight,
and because I love you.
Isaiah 43:2,4
The fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control.
Galatians 5:22
God intended it for good
to accomplish what is now being done.
Genesis 50:20
And we know that in all things
God works for the good
of those who love him,
who have been called
according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
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