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The Roses That Do Not Bloom PRO
Contributed by Doug Dayton on Feb 14, 2009 (message contributor)
THE ROSES THAT DO NOT BLOOM
In the most beautiful of gardens, even those tended by the most skillful of botanists, there is an occasional rose that buds, but never opens. In all respects the rose is like all the others, but something keeps it from blooming. It fades away - or disappears - without having reached maturity.
What happens in nature’s garden happens once in a while also in the garden of God’s human family. A baby is born, beautiful, precious, but fails to come to its rightful unfolding. This child, like the bud that never fully opens,...
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Roman Philosopher Seneca Noted, "It Is Not The ...
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