WHAT ARE SALT ROSES?
DOES ANYBODY KNOW?
WHERE ARE THE SALT ROSES?
WHERE DO THEY GROW?

DO THEY BLOOM IN THE SPRING,
WATERED BY SOFT RAIN
AND BROUGHT TO PERFECTION
ALONG A COUNTRY LANE?

DO THEY SMELL, OH, SO SWEET
WHEN OPENED TO THE LIGHT?
DOES THE FRAGRANCE THERE OFT
WAFT THE AIR AT NIGHT?

TELL ME ABOUT SALT ROSES
HOWEVER RARE THEY MAY BE,
SHARING YOUR SALT ROSES
AS I WOULD WITH THEE.

SALT ROSES ARE WROUGHT
BY THE MASTER'S HAND,
MOLDED IN SORROW OF THE HEART ~
JUST AS THE FATHER PLANNED.

SALT ROSES TAKE ROOT IN DARKNESS,
WHERE PAIN LIVED AND DIED;
BEAUTIFUL SALT ROSES
THAT BLOOM INSIDE.

FOR EACH NEW SALT ROSE THAT GROWS,
ANOTHER SORROW HAS BEEN PUT TO REST.
A FRESH BLOOMING SALT ROSE
SHOWS GOD AT HIS VERY BEST.

WITH GOD, NO TEAR IS WASTED.
HE COUNTS THEM, LOVINGLY.
HE MOLDS IN YOUR HEART
SALT ROSES, GROWN FOR THEE.

ALL TEARS ARE COUNTED
BY THE LORD, UP ABOVE.
HE MAKES OUR SALT ROSES WITH
OUR TEARS, IN HIS GARDEN OF LOVE.

IN YOUR HEART GROWS A GARDEN;
FLOWERS FROM JOY, SORROWS, AND SUCH.
BUT, SALT ROSES BLOOM
FROM THE SAVIOUR'S TOUCH.

FOR, HE CAN TAKE YOUR SORROW
AND MAKE A BEAUTY BLOOM ~
IF, IN YOUR HEART, HE'S WELCOME
AND YOU'VE GIVEN HIM THE ROOM.

THUS, THE CONTENTS OF YOUR HEART
MY QUESTION, NOW, IMPOSES ~
IS THE LORD, IN PERFECT LOVE,
CREATING FOR THEE SALT ROSES?


 Sandra Griffin
Copyrighted 1998. All rights reserved.

I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold,
I will heal thee ...
2 Kings 20:5

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man
hear my voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:20

WRITTEN FROM A CONVERSATION I HAD
WITH A DEAR FRIEND THAT HAD MUCH
SORROW IN HER LIFE.
SHE SAID THAT SHE BELIEVED THAT GOD
USED OUR TEARS TO MAKE SALT ROSES.
THUS, I WROTE THIS POEM FOR HER.

BE BLESSED.
   

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