Give space to life!

A mail reaches me with two attached photos. One shows a rose in full bloom, the second the same rose with a snowcap. I read: "Here are two photos from my garden - taken a week ago and yesterday. Last year the rose has fallen ill, I had to cut the flower back to 30 cm last summer. How sad! Very lovingly, I loosened the soil and fertilized and then really prayed and hoped. How happy I was when I could discover new shoots on her again. Now it is for me like a symbol of my word of life - Romans 5.5: 'Hope does not disappoint us!' This is how God caresses our soul. I gladly pass on today's impulse with a few encouraging words. The space to live is widening."