{"id":7490,"date":"2023-07-09T16:32:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T21:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=7490"},"modified":"2023-07-09T20:53:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T01:53:37","slug":"the-beautiful-rose-of-sharon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/09\/the-beautiful-rose-of-sharon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beautiful Rose of Sharon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VRweIS4PNPY\/UFys5LUmH_I\/AAAAAAAAAaQ\/jLrI12sr12c\/s1600\/Lily+of+the+Valley.jpg\" alt=\"The Rose of Sharon and Lily of the Valley\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6>There is a flower that grows in the plains of Shar\u2019on in Israel.<\/h6>\n<h6>Some call it the Rose of Sharon. Some say it is a tulip or lily of the field.<\/h6>\n<h6>Whatever it is, we know this, that where it grows there are thorns\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Protected from the elements, more beautiful than the robes of kings\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Saturated in waters that flow straight from Emanuel\u2019s veins\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Soil so fertile, the flowers sing, as it is nourished by holy angel\u2019s wings\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Gently it blows and refreshes the air\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Bowing, it kisses the ground that\u2019s found there\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Bees tastes its nectar; butterflies futter within the airstreams\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Love is its gift, here\u2019s what it means\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>The beautiful Rose of Sharon appears,<\/h6>\n<h6>When hearts on fire bring Spirit tears<\/h6>\n<h6>To wash away every doubt and fear\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>As the Rose is crushed to bring us here\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Giving new life in this atmosphere\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Who is this Rose of Sharon?<\/h6>\n<h6>Jesus, the King of Heaven\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>The flower is not as plentiful as it used to be\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Never-the-less it still stands in glorious beauty,<\/h6>\n<h6>For all eternity\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>For Jesus, is, the Rose of Sharon<\/h6>\n<h6>All who believe in Him will never die.<\/h6>\n<h6>The Holy Breath beckons you even now,<\/h6>\n<h6>Come, hear his hearts cry\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6><em>Precious daughter, precious son<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Today your life has finally begun!<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>In the fields of Sharon, the flower still grows\u2026<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Let me show you it\u2019s beauty and become one of those\u2026<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Who chooses Jesus and will always follow\u2026\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill July 9, 2023<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em style=\"font-size: 1.063rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\">I<span style=\"font-size: 1.063rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\">\u00a0am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. <\/span><sup class=\"versenum\" style=\"letter-spacing: -0.01em;\">\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.063rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\"><em>As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.063rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\"><strong>Song of Solomon 2:1-2 King James Version<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a flower that grows in the plains of Shar\u2019on in Israel. Some call it the Rose of Sharon. Some say it is a tulip or lily of the field. Whatever it is, we know this, that where it grows there are thorns\u2026 Protected from the elements, more beautiful than the robes of kings\u2026&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-1WO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7490"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7500,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions\/7500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}