Sometimes I feel like that rose – not just because of a sexual past but for all the other sin in my life that withers me.

What a great comfort that Jesus wants me! And today I remember that he died for me!

It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last. Luke 23:44 – 46