Most of you likely recognize those words since In The Garden is a beloved song by many. In fact, on an afternoon this week a 100 year-old woman nicknamed Bunny asked our Joyful Noise Boys group to sing it.

Songfacts.com mentions this about the song and the author of it, C. Austin Miles (1868-1946):

“Miles went on to recount how he had a vision, in which he could see and hear Mary Magdalene weeping outside the tomb of Jesus as the resurrected Christ appeared to her. He recalled how he “became a silent witness to that dramatic moment in Mary’s life, when she knelt before her Lord, and cried, ‘Rabboni!'” Miles then described how: ‘I awakened in full light, gripping the Bible, with muscles tense and nerves vibrating. Under the inspiration of this vision I wrote as quickly as the words could be formed the poem exactly as it has since appeared. That same evening I wrote the music.’ “

You can get a lot more detail about the song HERE

Many artists sang this song. Here is Elvis’ rendition…

While we can’t all experience what Miles did in the way of a vision and basically finishing a song in one day, we all have a chance to walk with Christ.

Enjoy the day, filled with the Spirit!

Lectionary Texts for this Sunday, November 19, 2017:

• Judges 4:1-7 and Psalm 123
• Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18 and Psalm 90:1-8, (9-11), 12
• 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
• Matthew 25:14-30