Legend of the Dogwood

[Debbie]

<center>There is a legend that at the time of the Crucifixion

the dogwood had been the size of the oak tree and other

trees of the forest. So firm and strong was the tree that

it was chosen as the timber of the cross. To be used thus

for such a cruel purpose greatly distressed the tree.

Jesus, nailed upon it, sensed this, and in His gentle pity

for all sorrow and suffering said to it, "Because of your

regret and pity for My suffering, never again shall the

dogwood tree grow large enough to be used as a cross.

Henceforth it shall be slender and bent and twisted,

and its blossoms shall be in the form of a cross.. two long

and two short petals. And in the center of the outer edge

of each petal there will nail prints, brown with rust and

stained with red, and in the center of the flower will be

a crown of thorns, and all who see it will remember."


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