Bouquet of Roses!

Here is a lovely bouquet of roses, all on one branch! How can one bush produce so many blossoms all in one place at once is beyond me, but it makes me smile as I ponder their togetherness!

Our lives are like this too, if we think about it. Together we can make a beautiful "bouquet".

Here is our family, minus a couple of special people who were unable to be with us for this occasion. Together we make up a fun loving, tangly, goofy, and sometimes thorny bunch! But we all belong together and are but one branch. With the in-laws there are other branches that bloom in other ways and they complement our branch with their colorful personalities. Just as there are thorns that come with the roses, there is the beauty that blossoms out from each one of us in our own unique ways. God created us all to be part of His branch.

Jesus said: I am the vine, you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. - John 15:5

Thank you Lord for the beauty of these roses and for reminding me of the beauty of the family that surrounds me. Without them I am nothing. We support and depend on one another in the good times and the bad. But our ultimate source is in You! In Jesus precious name, Amen!