Inspired to lyrics to “The Garden” by Eddie Watkins, Jr.:
“There is a garden where dreams come true – a beautiful garden where God’s grace flows.
There is a garden where everything grows – a beautiful garden where love is sown. And in this place of light and love you can have anything that you’re dreamin’ of.
There is a garden where dreams come true, a beautiful garden – that garden is you. And in this place of light and love, you can have what you’re dreamin’ of.
There is a garden where dreams come true – a beautiful garden – that garden is you, Such a beautiful garden! That garden is you.”
Responsive Reading for August 16
“Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” (Genesis 2:8-9 NIV).
There is a garden where dreams come true – a beautiful garden where God’s grace flows.
“Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden” (Genesis 3:8 NIV).
There is a garden where everything grows – a beautiful garden where love is sown. And in this place of light and love you can have anything that you’re dreamin’ of.
“Then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like midday; Then the LORD will guide you always and give you plenty even on the parched land. He will renew your strength, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring whose water never fails” (Isaiah 58:10-11 NAB).
There is a garden where dreams come true, a beautiful garden – that garden is you. And in this place of light and love, you can have what you’re dreamin’ of.
“What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches” (Luke 13:18-19 NIV).
There is a garden where dreams come true – a beautiful garden. That garden is you. Such a beautiful garden! That garden is you.