Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Rose
Yea...I've been thinking of the rose analogy (Consider the Rose) quite a bit since wednesday... Especially with my white rose opening up and looking absolutely amazing. God keeps whispering...reminding me that I am even more beautiful than the rose...inside and out. Regardless of the thorns. But no one will see that or benefit from that if I don't open up...when a rose is closed, you only see a portion of the beauty. I want to open up...for His sake. I want to show people what He is like rather than keep hiding because of the fear of being unwanted, rejected—found to be of little value or annoying. So yes...with the encouragement from my little rose and from God, I'm going to try to open up more. Because so few people know the real me. And hopefully, through it, they can at least catch a glimpse of the love of my God.
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Well spoken out Batya. =) True and ultimate beauty, comes from "dying to self and worldly applause, to picking up your cross and living a set apart life for CHRIST'S sake."
ReplyDeleteSong Of Solomen 2:2(CEV)
"My darling, when compared
with other young women,
'you are a lily among thorns'."
Batya I suggest you go to this website: setapartgirl.com
Funny thing... I'm reading her book lol. Not sure I totally agree with everything she says though...
ReplyDeleteYou're right Batya ...I have to say that I don't agree with everything she says either.
ReplyDeleteBut the whole point that I was getting at, was that we humans cannot make ourselves beautiful. (now, the world that we live in may say differently.) Beauty comes from GOD, and HIM alone.
It's the beauty of the CROSS that there is the ONE who can redeem our souls, by saying that you are clean from your iniquitys. It's the beauty of the CROSS, that we find HIS matchless grace thrown around our shoulders like a heavenly white cloak.
But yes, I get what you're are saying. And I thank so much for reminding me of this love.
(theres a song thats been playing on the radio, called "Beauty Of The Cross" by Johny Diaz, and to be honest, I've fallen in love whith the words that he sings.)