Hebrew · kha-vat-SET ha-sha-RON / sho-SHANAT ha-a-ma-KEEM
Rose of Sharon and Lily of the Valleys
חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן / שׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים
Rose of Sharon, Lily of the Valleys — beauty in the plain and in the low places
Symbol: The wild rose in the lowland — beauty where no one plants it
“I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.”
Song of Songs 2:1
The bride in the Song calls herself a common wildflower — and the Beloved calls her a lily among thorns. Tradition reads Christ here too: beauty in the low places.
What the name means
Sharon was a fertile plain — the rose of Sharon was a common wild flower, not a cultivated prize. Beauty in the ordinary.
The lily of the valleys grows in the low places — Christ's beauty is seen in humility, not grandeur.
The Beloved says 'as a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters' — Christ sees His church as beauty among the world's thorns.
How to pray this name
- Pray: 'Rose of Sharon, make beauty grow in my ordinary and low places.'
- Pray it when you feel common or unremarkable — He sees lily-beauty in you.
Rose of Sharon, Lily of the Valleys, make Your beauty grow where I feel most ordinary. In the Mighty Name of Jesus! Amen.
Declaration
Christ is beauty in the low places — and He makes me beautiful among thorns.
Study further
Song of Songs 2:2 · Isaiah 35:1-2 · Psalm 45:2 · Song of Songs 4:7