ROSES AND THORNS

Written By Ndidi Adekunle

This is a Rose. Beautiful yet thorny.

Imagine you're averse to thorns and you pick up a rose.

You have to make a decision to either fixate on the thorn, or on the beautiful flower, the very essence of the plant.

The thorn, is a happenstance in the Rose's process of be-coming,

And not the Rose(the final Fruit).

Soon the thorn is done away with.

And you have you the beautiful matured Rose.

If on the other hand, you're fixated on the thorn, 

You drop it.

And you lose out.

On the essence of the Rose.

May the Lord help us preserve the beauty and essence in the things we see, in our own selves, in the people we meet.

To build and not break down

Bury quarrels in the ground.

So that the grace we bear, may truly shine forth.

And not dim in its full essence....


Ndidi Adekunle

Ndidi Olamide Adekunle, the Lord's Handmaiden as she likes to be remembered, is first a woman hungry for the truth of God, then a loving wife to a Missionary Evangelist, mother to three growing kids, a Consultant for the Education industry in her country Nigeria, and an Intentional Parenting advocate.

In that order.

She's had her fair share of  life's trials and tests and has come to know for herself without a doubt, the efficacy of God's word given to man, and of the blood of Jesus shed for man.

Having come to understand also, that the mind and heart of Abba Father, is an intimate relationship with His people. As such, His standing plan for the restoration of all things, to man, here on earth, and ultimately in the New Creation.

Where sin abounds, His grace doth much more abound.

This she knows, is Truth and desires that all may come to the same practical understanding, and together we may walk in it, and grow in it.

So help us God.



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