"The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth,
One is nearer God's heart in a garden, Than anywhere else on earth"

Sometimes in the stillness of the early morning hours I sit in my garden to think and to talk to God........ Do you know that it was in a garden that our Lord Jesus spent His last night on earth before enduring the awful ordeal of Calvary ..... Perhaps He too felt this was a place that brought Him closer to God ..... and here He talked to the Father and accepted His fate as the sacrificial lamb ..... the perfect one ..... the one with the body of a man, but the soul of God ..... the one that would atone for the sins of mankind ..... the one that the Bible speaks of in John 3:16 ..... "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life".

And as I sit and pray, I hear the birds chirping their morning songs as though their little hearts are bursting with joy ..... and I sometimes think they sound like the angels in heaven must sound as they rejoice in each soul that is reborn into a new relationship with God through Jesus. And at that precious moment ..... always without fail ..... my own heart is restored with a peace that surpasses all understanding.

.....and click here if you are interested in seeing what the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed that night, looks like today.

A NOTE ABOUT MY WEB FRIENDS WHO ARE NOT CHRISTIANS: As you visit the links on my pages you will find that some of my web friends are not Christians. I was asked once, "then why are they friends?" Well I will answer that. They are friends because I see in them something precious and worthy of friendship. Of course I pray that they will one day find the same love for our Lord Jesus that I have, but you know something.........I think that being the caring, generous people that they are, they are all praying that I will find whatever they feel is special about their beliefs. Too many so called "holy wars" have been fought because of man's intolerance of allowing their fellow men to seek out God in their own way and time. Jesus's example was to show love for people and wait for them to "find their way". I continue to pray that God will instill in me that same great love for others and that they will be able to find in me something worthy of friendship.........amen.

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"In this time of testing for our nation, my family and I have been blessed by the prayers of countless of Americans. We have felt their sustaining power and we're incredibly grateful. Tremendous challenges await this nation, and there will be hardships ahead. Faith will not make our path easy, but it will give us strength for the journey."
--President George W. Bush, National Prayer Breakfast, February 7, 2002.

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