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Life is a process and a cycle. Ever-changing and seldom static or predictable. Yesterday, I noticed a beautiful rose as I pulled out of the driveway heading to work. Today as I returned home, I noticed there were two roses in full bloom, and I ventured to step in the dirt for a closer inspection.

From the street, all I could see was the breathtakingly remarkable magnificence of the two flowers in bloom. However, a closer look revealed that there was one bud yet to bloom, and one that had bloomed and was now withered away. Taken as a whole, these flowers encompass the full cycle of life, death, and rebirth. I was reminded that if I keep the big picture in mind, I will focus more on the beauty that presents itself than on the imperfections that we never have to look hard to see.

May your day be filled with the beauty of His glorious splendor; expect to see it manifested in the most unexpected places!

“I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.”
(Song of Solomon 2:1)

“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”
(Isaiah 40:8)

“28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?”
(Matthew 6:28-30)

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