OUR BEAUTIFUL ROSE

“I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.”

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:1 KJV

Roses are my favorite flower because they remind me of our beautiful Rose, Jesus.  Not only is Jesus beautiful, He is also tender loving compassionate and kind.  He loved us yesterday.  He loves us today and He will love us forever.  Jesus loves us even when we hurt Him because He loves us unconditionally.

There have been several times that I have smelled the fragrance of a rose in my home and I didn’t have any flowers in my home.  What I smelled was the fragrance of Jesus.  One of the definitions I found for fragrance in Webster’s Dictionary is “the quality or state of having a sweet odor”.

Jesus not only is beautiful, He also has a sweet odor.  If you will smell with your heart, you will smell the fragrance of Jesus.  Everything about Jesus is wonderful.  He is the KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS and He loves you.  He loves you so much He died for you.  What a Saviour, this Jesus of Nazareth!

Do we love Jesus?  If we do love Him, what are we doing to prove to Him how much we love Him?  The best way to let Him know how much we love Him is to serve Him.  If we want to serve Him, we will have to shut off the television and get out of our comfort zone and tell people how much He loves them.

Have we told Jesus today how much we love Him?  Jesus has feelings and He wants us to tell Him we love Him just as we want Him to tell us He loves us.  If Jesus didn’t tell me every day He loves me, it would break my heart.  I love my precious Saviour so much.  He is the reason I’m living and the Joy of my heart.    

Joanne Lowe

October 4, 2015