My roses are one of the happiest things about spring. They’re not the first to bloom, but as their buds begin to form and open, I can’t wait to cut them and put them in vases around the house. At the same time, I want to leave them to enjoy, when I’m outside. Honestly, I really just want them to last forever, but withering does happen.
Friend, you’ve lived long enough to know life, like my favorite flower, is constantly changing. Isn’t it? Try as we might we can’t always have blooming roses. I wonder
- What might you be holding onto that will not last?
- Is there a burden of change weighing you down?
God Word tells us nothing of this world with last forever:
“All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.” 1 Peter 1:24 ESV
But His Word does! The contrast of something withered and something remaining forever is powerful. We each have an expiration date stamped on us in invisible ink. We don’t know the day of our departure, but it is a sure thing in this earthly life, just as a rose surely withers.
The Lord who is forever is the striking difference. He is eternal. He created all things and He designed them with a beginning and an end. He set all in motion and He will one day tell it to stop, replacing it with an eternity of no fading or withering. Perfect blooms, always and forever. He invites us to share this eternity through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Wherever you are in the blooming or fading phase, have you trusted these words of hope?
“And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.” 1 John 5:11 ESV
Jesus Christ is the Son. He is life. He takes what has faded and withered (that would be us) and restores it – once for all, by His word. It’s not just our future hope. This truth begins now as you and I walk with Christ today, tomorrow and forever. It is a great comfort to know that although everything withers in this life, we have the hope of eternity with Christ. In full bloom, forever.
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