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The Parable of the Rose
A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully, and before it blossomed, he examined it. He saw the bud that would soon blossom and also the thorns. And he thought, "How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?" Saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose, and before it was ready to bloom, it died.
So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose. The God like qualities planted in us at birth growing amid the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns, the defects. We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us. We neglect to water the good within us, and eventually it dies. We never realize our potential.
Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show it to them. One of the greatest gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns and find the rose within others.
This is the characteristic of love, to look at a person, and knowing his faults, recognize the nobility in his soul, and help him realize that he can overcome his faults. If we show him the rose, he will conquer the thorns. Then will he blossom, blooming forth thirty, sixty, a hundred- fold as it is given to him.
Our duty in this world is to help others by showing them their roses and not their thorns. Only then can we achieve the love we should feel for each other; only then can we bloom in our own garden.
-Author Unknown
Discussion Forum
Sometimes the struggle has a purpose.......
Started by Joni Bartley || AYS Greeter. Last reply by David Bruno Feb 2. 13 Replies 2 Favorites
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to…Continue
Thorns Or Roses?
Started by Joni Bartley || AYS Greeter. Last reply by ANN KAGURE KARIUKI Sep 28, 2011. 6 Replies 4 Favorites
Two boys were eating some grapes. One of them remarked, “Aren’t they sweet!” “I guess so,” the other replied, “but they’re full of seeds.” Wandering into a garden, the first boy exclaimed, “Look at…Continue
"The Window" (Author unknown)
Started by Joni Bartley || AYS Greeter. Last reply by ANN KAGURE KARIUKI Sep 28, 2011. 5 Replies 4 Favorites
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only…Continue
Do you think God has ever made a mistake?
Started by Rose M.Kelly. Last reply by Gylian Regina Adhiambo Jul 23, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Favorites
Please think and earnestly pray before you attemp an answer!!!
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Team Comment by Joni Bartley || AYS Greeter on May 12, 2012 at 12:19pm -
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. -
1 Corinthians 10:13
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Team Comment by Joni Bartley || AYS Greeter on May 10, 2012 at 12:04am -
"The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God..." - Psalm 14:1
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Team Comment by Joni Bartley || AYS Greeter on May 8, 2012 at 11:35pm -
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? - Jeremiah 32:27
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Global Comment by joe fewman on May 3, 2012 at 7:20am -
He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.1 Thessalonians 5:24.
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Global Comment by joe fewman on May 3, 2012 at 6:46am -
Rejoice in the Lord always! Phil 4:4
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Team Comment by Joni Bartley || AYS Greeter on May 3, 2012 at 3:57am -
God will never lead you down a wrong path.
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Team Comment by Joni Bartley || AYS Greeter on May 3, 2012 at 3:53am -
Be anxious for nothing. —Philippians 4:6
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NAD Comment by David Bruno on April 27, 2012 at 5:00pm -
The Lord will fight for you, and you, keep quiet.
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Team Comment by Joni Bartley || AYS Greeter on April 19, 2012 at 7:59am -
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. - John 16:33 KJV
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