Dedication
 
To my Lord Jesus Christ –
Lord, I love you. May you somehow use this book to touch the lives of others.
To my wife Nancy –
On May 26, 1997, we took a trip to the beautiful Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario along with another couple. The tulips were still out that day – like trays full of tea cups that were laid out for a Queen, we saw more color than the eye could behold. There were beds of red and white tulips, and then some orange and red ones. Some were white with frilly tops, others were tall and slender yellow-flowered. There were the fancy orange and green parakeet tulips and even some purple ones. Each flower bed was more abundant than the last – masses and masses of breath-taking color.

I took your hand that day even though you had no understanding that I had my eyes on you. What you thought was an act of kindness was really setting a direction that would be for the rest of our lives. I found in you a kindred spirit, a lover of flowers, and a worshipper of Jesus Christ; we were married four months later.

As with the Song of Solomon, we have entered the garden together. May we continue to increase in the love of Christ. I love and cherish you dearly.

Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken (Ecclesiastes 4:12).

Come, let us tell of the LORD's greatness; let us exalt his name together (Psalm 34:3).










Excerpt from A Garden of Love, Copyright ©2009, Bible Discernments, 82 pages, color.

  
Tom's Corner
Tom Clarke
Nancy and I have now been married 13 years. When I took Nancy's hand that day, it was with a great deal of anticipation. To hear Nancy talk about that day and the days that followed, she really did not know what to make of all this. I had taken her hand on Monday, fell asleep in the back seat of the car on the way home, and called her several times over the next few days. Finally she called me on Friday and blurted out, "We've got to talk." And talk we did. I am truly a blessed man.
Email: PrayerGardeners@hotmail.com

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