{"id":23489,"date":"2014-12-20T00:15:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T05:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=23489"},"modified":"2014-12-19T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T13:14:18","slug":"rose-bethlehem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/20\/rose-bethlehem\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose of Bethlehem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23090\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\" alt=\"phssChristmasgraphic2014\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg 560w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">There&#8217;s a Rose in Bethlehem<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> With a beauty quite divine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Perfect in this world of sin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> On this silent holy night<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">There&#8217;s a fragrance much like hope<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> That it sends upon the wind<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Reaching out to every soul<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> From a lowly manger&#8217;s crib<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Oh, Rose of Bethlehem<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> How lovely, pure, and sweet<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Born to glorify the Father<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Born to wear the thorns for me<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">There&#8217;s a Rose in Bethlehem<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Colored red like mercy&#8217;s blood<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> \u2018Tis the flower of our faith<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> \u2018Tis the blossom of God&#8217;s love<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Though it&#8217;s bloom is fresh with youth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Surely what will be He knows<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> For a tear of morning dew<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Is rolling down the Rose<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">There&#8217;s a Rose in Bethlehem<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> With a beauty quite divine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Perfect in this world of sin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> On this silent holy night<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SmjIcpIzHxo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Songwriter: Lowell Alexander ~ Performed by Selah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> \u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271d \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2605 \u00a0 \u00a0* <\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of the favorite flowers of most women, and many men, is the rose\u2014especially the red rose. \u00a0There\u2019s a special perfect beauty to it and usually a wonderful sweet fragrance. \u00a0At Christmastime over 2000 years ago, a \u201c<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">rose<\/span>\u201d of great beauty and sweet fragrance was given to us in the form of a baby boy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And she will have a son, and you are to name Him Jesus,<br \/>\nfor He will save His people from their sins.<br \/>\nMatthew 1:21<\/p>\n<p>He was born in Bethlehem just as the prophecies of old had said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village<br \/>\namong all the people of Judah.<br \/>\nYet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past,<br \/>\nwill come from you on My behalf.<br \/>\nMicah 5:2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\u2019m sure you have heard people refer to Jesus as the <em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">rose<\/span> of Sharon<\/em>, however, there is no such reference in the Bible. \u00a0But when speaking of the <strong>hope of restoration<\/strong> Isaiah says,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;<br \/>\nthe desert shall rejoice and blossom like the<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> rose<\/span> and the autumn crocus.<br \/>\nIt shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and singing.<br \/>\nThe glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,<br \/>\nthe excellency of [Mount] Carmel and [the plain] of Sharon.<br \/>\nThey shall see the glory of the Lord,<br \/>\nthe majesty and splendor and excellency of our God.<br \/>\nIsaiah 35:1-2 AMP<\/p>\n<p>Our <strong>hope of restoration<\/strong> (returning to God) is found only in Jesus. \u00a0\u201cAnd His Name will be the hope of all the world&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=matthew+12%3A21&amp;version=AMP;NLT;NIV;ESV\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 12:21<\/a>). \u00a0Jesus reaches out like a sweet fragrance to every soul. \u00a0This hope came at a great price. \u00a0Jesus wore the thorns on His head (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=matthew+27%3A29&amp;version=AMP;NLT;NIV;ESV\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 27:29<\/a>). \u00a0In God\u2019s great mercy toward us, Jesus\u2019 blood was poured out for each of us (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=matthew+26%3A28&amp;version=AMP;NLT;NIV;ESV\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 26:28<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Jesus said, \u201cFor I have come down from Heaven to do the will of God who sent Me, not to do My own will\u201d (John 6:38). \u00a0How lovely, pure, and sweet is that!<\/p>\n<p>Jesus was born, lived, and died so that He might glorify His Father in Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say,<br \/>\n\u2018Father, save Me from this hour\u2019?<br \/>\nBut for this purpose I came to this hour. \u2018Father, glorify Your name.\u2019<br \/>\nThen a voice came out of heaven:<br \/>\n\u2018I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.\u2019<br \/>\nJohn 12:27-28<\/p>\n<p>In Christ Jesus we now see His majestic splendor just as Peter wrote in one of his letters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We saw His majestic splendor with our own eyes<br \/>\nwhen He received honor and glory from God the Father.<br \/>\nThe voice from the majestic glory of God said to Him,<br \/>\n\u201cThis is My dearly loved Son, who brings Me great joy.\u201d<br \/>\n2 Peter 1:16<\/p>\n<p>In this special season, let\u2019s take in the beauty and sweet fragrance of hope that the \u201c<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Rose of Bethlehem<\/span>\u201d so willingly sacrificed Himself to give us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"><strong><em>Born to glorify the Father<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"><strong><em> Born to wear the thorns for me<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> \u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271d \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2605 \u00a0 \u00a0* <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dear Jesus, You are truly like a <span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">rose<\/span> to us in all Your lovely beauty and sweet fragrance. \u00a0Thank You for being willing to come as a babe in a lowly manger, and then to walk the road to Golgotha with thorns piercing Your brow. \u00a0You did it all to glorify Your Father, and to give each of us eternal hope. \u00a0Thank You, Father God, for loving us so much that You willingly \u201cgave Your one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life\u201d (John 3:16). \u201cTis the flower of our faith, \u2018Tis the blossom of God&#8217;s love.\u201d \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 lovely Name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a Rose in Bethlehem With a beauty quite divine Perfect in this world of sin On this silent holy night There&#8217;s a fragrance much like hope That it sends upon the wind Reaching out to every soul From a lowly manger&#8217;s crib Oh, Rose of Bethlehem How lovely, pure, and sweet Born to glorify 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