I love Isaiah 35 verse 1 b. “And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as a rose.”
The Lord moved my heart with this word and may it sink Into the depths of your heart as it has mine. When I first discovered this verse I personalized it and found my life once was a desert until the Lord rescued me and since then I rejoice and blossom as a rose.
Even though it seems we are living in a desert land with no hope in the world today, we have nothing to fear…
God’s word says, Our desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. We shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing! We shall see the glory of the Lord!! The excellence of our God!!
So, let us strengthen our weak hands and make firm our feeble knees…
Be strong!! And do not fear!!
Our God will come with vengeance! He will come and save us!
How beautiful, we will rejoice and blossom as a rose. It Is interesting how the stem of the rose has thorns and they grow first before the rose begins to bud and bloom. It reminds me of us today how we all have thorns in the flesh, we suffer pain, heartache, and many suffer worse than others…but the best is yet to come and we can blossom and bloom through suffering even though we may not see the work God is doing In and through us, He will complete it on that glorious day and we will be as beautiful as a rose in full bloom! So let’s take our minds off the gloom around us and lets continue to bloom for Christ and put our hope in God’s word. He is faithful to His word and we can stand on His promises…
Let Him do the work in us that is required and we will begin to see changes take place in us and we will blossom daily. Some focus on the thorns of life and forget that we are to blossom where we are planted.
I have written many writing of roses over the years and this is one of them…
“You are His precious rose and throughout all seasons of life, you show expressions of Love as your petals blossom in the Spirit…
Through the thorns you endure and your stem of Faith keeps you strong
Your leaves shall not whither whatever the storm…
Your roots grow deep in rich soil as you stand firm on the foundation of God’s word “
Love you all and be blessed, Lollita
Author June Hodgins 