""Dear God, I have never thanked you for my thorns. I have thanked you a thousand times for my roses, but never once for my thorns. Teach me the glory of the cross I bear; teach me the value of my thorns. Show me that I have climbed closer to you along the path of pain. Show me that, through my tears, the colors of your... rainbow look much more brilliant.""
Brian had posted the above on his Face-book page, on Thanksgiving day. It is a section of a story titled "THE BLESSING OF THORNS", which "Mikey's Funnies" had sent out the day before (Nov. 24th, 2010).
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Now, go back and re-read the first paragraph. Both thought provoking and challenging, huh?!!!
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