So often we want God's promises, his protection, his care over our rose, but we don't want to be the ones who do any work. We don't want to obey God, we don't want to take time out of our day to get to know him, we decide to skip church to sleep in; and who is this hurting? Ourselves. God doesn't NEED us, but he wants us to join him! When we don't, WE are the ones at a loss. A flower bud which takes in water, but doesn't use it to blossom into a beautiful rose is useless. The same applies to our lives. If we know what to do and how to obey God to transform us into the beautiful rose we are meant to be and don't do it, we are useless! If we aren't focusing on that which lasts(Jesus Christ), and rather focus all our energies on the things of this world, which in the end will waste away, then of what use are we? "The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever," (2 Corinthians 4:16-18). Handle your rose with care; focus on the internal, not just the external. "[Your focus] should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight." (1 Peter 3:4). Focus on the spiritual more than the physical, for the physical will waste away, but the spiritual lasts forever.
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