"For God so loved the world that He gave……" John 3: 16 NKJ
When my husband and myself were dating, on Friday nights, he picked me up after work with a pink sweet heart rose. The fragrance filled our car with pleasure and anticipation of our life together. My heart melted with the demonstration of his love. Because of my husband’s disfunctional family background, I rarely heard "I love you" from his lips. Yet his giving heart expressed itself in a sweet heart rose. Through all the difficult experiences of our marriage, I remembered those sweet heart roses – tokens of his love. I loved the fragrance from roses. Their aroma lingered through all the years.
Just like my husband’s caring expression, God had a rose – the rose of Sharon for you and for me. Its fragrance would touch your heart. It was free to all that needed an expression of love. This rose of Sharon occupied a special place in God’s heart. God only had one rose. By giving this rose to you and me, God felt the pain of lost - the sting from a ring of thorns and the crushing of His rose. The lingering aroma from His rose of Sharon touched many hearts. That is why God gave to all lonely, hurting hearts His expression of love. The most amazing thing about love – it is reciprocal. The rose of Sharon returned in our hearts to God’s heavenly vase.
This Valentine’s Day, do you need a touch from God’s sweet heart rose? If so, open your heart to Jesus – God’s rose of Sharon.
Copyright 2007 Patricia Charlton
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