Somebody planted a rosebush near the garden wall. In spite of careful nursing it never bloomed. Again, summer time came and again the owner saw no buds. One day his neighbor on the other side of the wall called to him:
“Your rose is blooming in my garden, come over and see it!”
Sure enough, one of the shoots had worked its way through a crack in the wall and was now in full bloom.
If you are discouraged and faint-heard, perhaps you too will find your roses blooming on the “other side” in God’s presence, keep on working in faithfulness to your Master, for the Scripture says,
ML 08/30/1936