The joy found in eternal friendships.  “God’s Rose makes the most beautiful bouquet of friends. In a garden where the soft winds sigh, a rose blooms gently ‘neath the vast, clear sky.  Petals of crimson, kissed by the morn, we hear a soft whisper of love reborn.  Jesus walks softly, His spirit near, in the fragrance of petals, His presence is clear.  Each thorn a lesson in the heart’s deep plight, each bloom a promise of His everlasting light. 

The hands that crafted the stars grand design, waters each rosebud, it’s unique beauty divine.  In shadows and sunlight, in every trial we face, we are all the roses in His embrace.  He is our hope, a bouquet of grace.  When storms gather, and tempests roar,  the rose of Sharon stands resilient, our root evermore.  In Him we abide, each petal, a story inside. Our faith intertwines with His eternal love. Let us bloom as His roses, in the garden He made. Let us share His soft kindness, and breathe out in prayer.  With Holy Spirit inside us, through joy and through strife,  we flourish together, in this precious life.” bhoyle

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are My friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know His master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in My name the Father will give you.”

Happy days are here again! Our words, our ways, our example leaves an impact. Our future legacy is that we walked by faith in the One who gifted us new life. Trusting Him, we laugh at the days to come. Our Father knows our needs, He gave us the ability to giggle!  He muses us with furry friends that purrr, cuddle, and wag their tails. Thank the Lord Jesus for His delight in you.  God imparted the Holy Spirit so that we could influence others by being a delight in the darkness. Speak truth, hope, and trust that Jesus is on the throne directing all things for our benefit and His pleasure.  God’s Word operates deeply to penetrate all stubborn resistance away.  A life submitted to Jesus, is the Way of living victoriously. Jesus is humble, patient, kind, joyful, generous, and our best, loyal friend.  By His blood and our testimony, we overcome and persevere. Jesus is our Leader.  ❤️ Isaiah 45:2 “I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.” Listen and respond.