Why do roses have thorns? They are so beautiful, and yet can be so painful. Perhaps it's to remind us of the beauty of the Garden of Eden that was marred by the curse of sin. Or perhaps God looked down through time and saw a suffering Savior, wearing a crown of thorns, and the sharp thorns on the rose stem are to remind us that you cannot have a Jesus without that crown of thorns. The world embraces a baby in a manger or a great teacher who espouses profound thought. They admire the beautiful rose and inhale the fragrant perfume, but there is no Jesus without the cross. There is no Rose of Sharon without the cruel crown. Anything else is what the Bible calls, "another Jesus."
(excerpt from a wayofthemasterminute.com post)
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