| The Garden |
| THE GARDEN When sun it shines at early dawn The sparkling dewdrops sprinkle lawn And in my garden where the flowers grow I remember my God planted one long ago For He once walked at cool of day And called to Adam and Eve along the way But they had sinned and need pardon And God drove them from Eden's garden I stroll in my garden while the birds sing I see snowdrops; daffodils welcome spring All new life that I can see Reminds there is new birth for me I kneel to weed beneath sky of blue And remember Jesus kneeled in a garden too I wonder if His tears sprinkled the flowers As he prayed alone in those darkest hours I see the beauty of a rose My Lord is lovelier than one of those And the lily growing fair Its beauty to Him cannot compare I jag myself on the prickly thorn My Lord crowned with those on crufixion morn He whispers to me when I toil My words of life will flourish in the good soil His beauty is in each flower I see There is no place where I would rather be For I am nearer to Him who gives me pardon When I worship Him there in my beautiful garden Colin Moffett |