Oct 12.98: Light For The Day - "The Rose" 

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding."
-- Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)

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"The Rose"

It is only a tiny rosebud
a flower of God's design;
But I cannot unfold the petals
With these clumsy hands of mine.

The secret of unfolding flowers
is not know to such as I
The flower God opens so sweetly
In my hands would fade and die.

If I cannot unfold a rosebud
This flower of God's design,
Then how can I think I have wisdom
To unfold this life of mine?

So I'll trust in Him for His leading
each moment of every day,
And I'll look to Him for His guidance
Each step of the pilgrim way. 

For the pathway that lies before me
My Heavenly Father knows
I'll trust Him to unfold the moments
Just as He unfolds the rose.

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"Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, 
and he has become my salvation."
-- Isaiah 12:2 (RSV)