Based upon a 2013 CNN article, roughly 224 million roses are grown to prepare for Valentine Day shoppers. Beside candy, roses have become a symbol for this special day, with the average person spending $130 to impress their significant other. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long for these expensive flowers to die. Life can be prolonged by adding fresh water daily and trimming the stems. Yet, in the end, the smell of flowers will fade, wilt and end up in the trash.
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The human soul can relate to the final resting place for roses. Individuals who are quiet, shy or wonder why no accepts them for who they are, often wilt like flowers. The lack of communication, intimacy and relationships can weigh on a heart, resulting in loneliness. Unless a soul experiences good news, hope or something positive, faith can fade into oblivion. Like a deer that pants for water on a hot summer day, those that thirst for temporary pleasures will taste the sourness of disappointment.
According to the Bible, the soul finds rest in God alone, Psalm 62:1. Though many will try other avenues to fill this void, nothing can satisfy like Jesus; just ask the woman at the well, John 4. Mankind may try to stop the grass from withering and flowers from falling off their stems, yet the only cure to wilted souls is the Word of God, Isaiah 40:8. If the thought of a cold dark winter has brought you down, may the promise of Romans 8:38-39 sustain you when all seems lost.
by Jay Mankus
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