A few weeks ago I had surgery on my ankle. Thank night my Relief Society president and one of the girls in the ward stopped by. They brought me a yellow rose with red tips (one of my favorite flowers) with a card. I put it aside while we sat and talked about...boys mostly. ha. When I opened the Card it was exactly what I needed to hear and what I had been thinking about most of the day. It had a poem in it about how the Lord is in control cause he knows what he is doing and I dont. I wanted to share the poem on here so that I wouldn't lose it and so that maybe it could help others out there.
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 to 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 and rosebud
This flower of God's design,
Then how can I think to have wisdom
To unfold this life of mine?
So I'll trust in Him for His leading
each moment of everyday
So I'll look to Him for Guidance
Each stop 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.
Charlie Gilchrist
The Card its self talked about the though spots in life and how we will all get through it. I'm thankful for the reminder that the Lord is unfolding my life and that as he does your life will get even more beautiful.
