Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Aug 12, 2017
                
                
                
                    Several years ago, I began to reflect on the happenings at Gethsemane.  It started when I saw some movie in which an actor did an okay job of portraying Jesus, except that he failed abysmally in his attempt to show what I think Jesus' agony at Gethsemane must have been really like.  I realized that
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 28, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE BATTLE AND A GARDEN-- COMMUNION MEDITATION
It is interesting that Jesus went to the “Garden of Gethsemane” on the Mount of Olives.  The garden still exists today, including a number of olive trees which may date back to the time of Jesus.  “Gethsemane” comes to us from the Hebrew into the
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 27, 2025
                
                
                
                    [067].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – EDEN’S GARDEN  AND GARDENS OF SIGNIFICENCE
	
This poem is an examination of the Garden of Eden, mainly dealing with Satan’s temptation and man’s fall into sin.  There are a lot of teachings that derive from this account in Genesis 3 and in the poem I try to bring
                    
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                    THE ARTIST AND THE GARDENER
Both the artist and the gardener begin with contemplation, paying close attention to what is already there.
The gardner looks carefully at the landscape; the existing plants, both flowers and weeds; the way the sun falls on the land, and so on. The artist regards their
                    
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                    Contributed by John Herrmann on Nov 14, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    HELP IN THE GARDEN
An old Italian lived alone in New Jersey. He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 19, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "There is also a mimetic aspect to the sufferings of Christ. Peter tells us that Christ in His passion left us an example to follow in His steps (I Pet.2:21).
The Bible makes it clear, however, that pain and suffering are not to be sought after for their own sake. That would indicate a
                    
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                    Contributed by Dale  Pilgrim on Jun 20, 2009
                
                
                
                    The Secret Garden is a fascinating children’s classic. It is the story of a British child, Mary Lennox, who lived in India but is orphaned because of her parents’ death due to a cholera breakout. They send her to England to live with her only surviving relative, her uncle who is still mourning the
                    
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                    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Nov 3, 2009
                
                
                
                    CHRISTIAN GROWTH LIKE A GARDEN
I’ve spent some time lately in the veggie garden; I enjoy the sights and sounds of the garden growing. The beans quietly stretching up through the soil, the tomato plant as it battles against the spring cold with its occasional dash of yellow that may grow into a
                    
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                    Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 19, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the movie,  The Secret Garden, the young boy Colin thinks he’s an invalid.  He can’t bear the strong light of day, the clean open air.   He believes those things will infect his lungs and snatch his life.  he believes he’s destined to be everlastingly bedridden or, in the few struggling moments
                    
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                    Consider Adam and Eve’s situation in the garden before the fall. So far everything’s perfect.  The earth and the inhabitants of that earth have the perfect environment, the perfect provision, the perfect jobs to do, the perfect companionship everything is flawless.  So what is going to come along
                    
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