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I was searching for
something beautiful yesterday, and found this lovely rose hidden
behind an almost bare bush close to the house. This late in the
summer there isn't must beauty left in my yard, but I will keep
looking because I like beauty too much to settle for anything less.
Sometimes we are suddenly surprised at a beauty we happen to see in
someone, or some thing, that we hadn't seen before. That is why we
need to always be looking for that one awesome trait of beauty that
is sometimes hidden to the eye. We so often preconceive our dislikes
before thoroughly searching the bush. We don't need to go to the
extent of getting stuck with thorns, but patience is painless if we
dare to use some. This one lovely rose was the only thing on a group
of bushes that was nothing but leaves, and a few tiny, half dead,
mixed breed roses. Nothing of interest was worth a second glance, but
I was looking for something beautiful, and I found it.
I will strive to be
patient the rest of my life. I will try hard not to discard any hope
I may have for finding beauty in someone I had though to be ruthless
in many ways. There is a song with these words that I have always
liked. “I overlooked an orchid while searching for a rose.” With
all the choices we have in life this statement could be applied to
most of us. That is why we need to look deeply into the hidden parts
of humanity to discover the best of the nature of that creation. “God
has created all things, as for the pleasure He has created, God has
created all things.” If I fail to find beauty in some, I will not
say it's not there. I will say I found it not because God hid it
from me, but not until I had used lots of patience, and said many
prayers. After all God is the one who hid the Easter eggs. The hunter
doesn't always find them all.
Why did I wake up at 3:30
this morning and could not go back to sleep? Why did I get up at 5:30
and turn on the coffee pot? Why did I start writing this blog at 6:00
? All because God led me to do these things. He may be using me to be
that hidden rose someone has overlooked in their own rose bush. I am
simply saying, don't walk away and vow to never come back to that
ruthless one whom you just might have overlooked a beautiful rose on.
Sometimes we may have to look several times before we find it. Until
the last limb is dead don't cut the bushes back. They might not come
back next year, so be gentle with your trimming. “Lord let me be
the one to receive the most from these words.”
God Bless
Myrtle Jean Sharp
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