Rose Bush

Last year before mother’s day my boyfriend asked me what I wanted. All I told him was I want flowers I can use to make floral arrangements. I worked for a florist several years ago and ever since then I love arranging flowers for people, especially as gifts!

So Mother’s day last year he gave me a pink rose bush. He planed in the a huge pot for me and put it right of my front porch.

Fast forward to fall/winter life got in the way and I didn’t get it planted in the ground or covered for winter. I truly thought that was going to be the end of my rose bush.

Fast Forward again to a few weeks ago an 15 buds showed up on my bush and now the have all bloomed and my rose bush is beautiful.

This got me thinking. How many times have we been in a situation when we feel like all hope is lost and there is no coming back from this?

I know I have truly felt that way so many times in my life. One of those being with Hudson’s Cancer diagnoses.

But God is never done.

Our pain has that purpose

In Romans 5:3-5 it says “Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”

So even when we have a season we aren’t prepared for like my rose bush and winter, God brings us to the other side in full bloom!