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Consider the Rose

“A ROSE is a perennial flower shrub or vine of the genus….Rosa.., within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp thorns.

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Natives, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and fragrance.  Rose plants range in size from tiny, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach 20 meters in height. Attar of rose is the steam-extracted essential oil from rose flowers that has been used in perfumes for centuries. Rose Water, made from the rose oil, is widely used in Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine.

Rose hips are also used to produce Rose hip seed oil, which is used in skin products and some makeup products.” With this in mind, how does life compare to “the rose?” There lingers depression, stress, weariness, lack of energy, no zest for life. The “thorns” on my “roses” have become far too dominant.

Then I remember the beauty in “the rose”. The little seeds and perennial flowers will come as will the return of “the rose”. Ah…there is again life. Along with those beautiful flowers come “the thorns”. Also knowing that without “the thorns” I can not enjoy the intricate beauty of each branch of “the rose”. Life is much like “the rose”. Have I learned how to deal with those “thorns” that are on the stem of this splendid token of God’s love for me?

As I carefully remove “the thorns” from the stem of the rose so that I may better enjoy its beauty and spender, I am reminded of my own “thorns” in life. I believe that in my life, without my “thorns” I would not be able to withstand some of life’s challenges.

Do Not Underestimate The Spiritual Power Of Flowers

Flowers have played an important part in religious ceremonies for decades. Every religious culture uses flowers in their rituals and prayers, whether they are Hindus, Roman Catholics, Islamic, Baptists or other. This religious history of some of the flowers and what they represent are very interesting. For instance the Holy Rosary was imaged from the Rose flowers and is supposed to be the highest honor given to the Pope. The legend also goes on to state that the white petals represented her spotless body and the glowing stems represented her glowing soul.

The Muslim community do not use much flowers in their religious activities, except for funerals and weddings. At weddings the groom sometimes wears a head-dress made of flowers, but other than that they are not much into flowers.  The Chinese community believes that their flower called “Taoism” represents beauty and is a symbol of life and happiness. Their “Red Wedding” as it is called is very powerful and all wedding gowns, invitations, envelopes, and gift boxes are all red, hence the reason for the name “Red Wedding“.

The Buddhist however uses the lotus flower, which represents the highest esteem of man, strong and proud and full of worldly experience. It further says that everywhere he stepped during his mediation a lotus flower would spring up, legend has it that there are 18 Lotus flowers carved on the platform.

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