Lovely rose,
Brilliant in bloom,
Beautiful vision
My heart to consume.
Lord Jesus, may I be
As one of these:
Beautiful, fragrant
Your heart to please.
As the bloom withers,
As the petals do fall,
May I remember
Dust we are all.
As the rose petals
With earth become one,
May I recall the promise
Of You, God’s Son.
Eternal life we find
When to ourselves we die;
We become one with You
When flesh we crucify.
Glorious truth
Expressed in the flower;
Over death my Savior
Holds eternal power.
I recall always You:
Your pain on Calvary;
I envision always You:
Your agony in Gethsemane.
Lovely You are, Master
Loveliest of all;
Deepest of pain You embrace
To save me from the Fall.
As the soft bud, then,
Emerging from earth,
I stretch and embrace
You and Your Rebirth.
Lord Jesus, I vow to be
Ever as one of these:
Beautiful and fragrant
Your heart to please.
You are the loveliest Rose,
Brilliant in bloom,
Your love for me forever
Does my heart consume.
© Caroline Gavin
Purposeful Pathway
~**~
1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith,
being much more precious
than of gold that perisheth,
though it be tried with fire,
might be found unto praise and honour
and glory at the
appearing of Jesus Christ:
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