THE ROSE BUD

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life

                                                                              THE ROSE BUD

Introduction

This was given to me by God in 1974.  As I remember now, it was a time of confusion and bewilderment.  I stumbled across a rose bud and started to open it, only to find out that it just fell apart, like my life every time I tried to help it out.

                                                                               THE ROSE BUD

It is only a tiny rose bud, 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...

The flower God opens so sweetly, in my hands would fade and die...

If I cannot unfold a rose bud this flower of God's design, then how can I think I have wisdom to unfold this life of mine...

So I'll trust Him for his leading each moment of every day, and I'll look to Him for his guidance each step of the pilgrim way...

For the pathway that lies before me my Heavenly Father knows, I'll trust Him to unfold the moments, just as he unfolds the rose.

                                                                                                      (C) Darryl L. Brown