I Come To The Garden Alone...

My desire was to create a photograph to pair with

one of my favorite old hymns, "In The Garden".

This is such a beautiful song that has definitely weathered the test of time helping us to refocus...drawing us back to nature and the 'garden' where all 'life' began at the creation of man and 'New Life' began at the resurrection of Jesus Christ...

I know for myself that I can get so worried, allowing myself to become overwhelmed with all the problems and circumstances of everyday life that I find I need to take frequent visits to the garden where I find refreshment for my spirit and peace for my heart, my soul and my mind...as a visit with our Savior will inevitably do. 

I'd like to write out the words to this beautiful song written

by C. Austin Miles in 1912.

"In The Garden"

I come to the garden alone

While the dew is still on the roses

And the voice I hear falling on my ear

The Son of God discloses.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own;

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice,

Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,

And the melody that He gave to me

Within my heart is ringing.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own;

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.

I’d stay in the garden with Him

Though the night around me be falling,

But He bids me go; through the voice of woe

His voice to me is calling.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own;

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.