This is the final sunflower post of 2025. Normally, SUNFLOWER Season here on God's Growing Garden occurs during the month of September, but this year my dear father became very ill and passed away much earlier than we expected. Anyway, it is because of my father that I garden -I learned so much from him. (Click HERE to view a post dedicated to my father.) My heart is aching but I know that I will see him again some day. This is the fifth sunflower post of 2025. Today I am featuring: "SKYSCRAPER" Sunflower variety.
This variety's name is very appropriate because of it's height. I'm not very good at judging the height but my husband said our tallest Skyscraper was between 10 and 12 feet tall!!!!
Click the link below if you would like to order Skyscraper seeds:
Before showing the featured pictures, I wanted to remind you why sunflowers are my favorite flower. Sunflowers always turn towards the sun - you can literally see them gently turning throughout the day to follow the sun. To be very clear - I am NOT a "sun" worshiper. However, I am a "Son" worshiper: Jesus Christ The Son of God and I strive every day to grow and turn towards Him in every aspect of my life.
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My dear dad passed away last week and I just knew that I had to repost and dedicate this hymn post: "In The Garden" to him. It is because of my dad that I garden - I learned so much from him. I picture him in the New Eden tending to our Heavenly Father's garden - just like it is described in Revelation 22 (see Scripture passage above).
The two videos that I included of this hymn are significant also:
- My dad's favorite singer was Elvis,so the first video is a version sung by Elvis.
- My dad was a Canadian, so the second version of this hymn is by Anne Murray (the well known Canadian Folk singer).
My dad was also a master rose gardener. At one point he had over 100 rose bushes around his home. Below the hymn post, I reshared the series that I did over a decade ago on this blog about some of my dad's roses - ENJOY!
I miss the old hymns that I remember from my childhood - there were no drums, no electric guitar and no mind numbing beat. It was just voices and maybe a piano or an organ. The choir led the congregation in singing - and the words of these hymns are poetic. I realize that there is a need for the modern "seeker oriented" worship music - but it is also necessary to have deeper songs (no offense intended to anyone who prefers the newer church songs).
I decided to have an "Old Fashion Sunday Hymn Sing" once a month on this blog. I personally do NOT have a great singing voice - I used to play the guitar & piano but my voice is NOT an instrument. That's the great thing about this digital hymn sing you can warble along without being embarrassed or without offending anyone else.
The hymns that we will be studying are taken from an old hymnal from a Baptist church that is no longer in existence - "The North American Hymnal" published in 1956 by "THE ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS"
I will also try to find a version of the featured hymn on "YouTube" to share with you each month.
Today's feature song is "In the Garden" by C. Austin Miles. The words in this hymn are simply beautiful and so comforting: "the dew on the roses", "God's voice is so sweet that the birds hush their singing" and the chorus - Oh the soothing chorus! - God is with us every step of the way.
Turn with me to number 488 in your hymnals and let's sing:
In the Garden
by C. Austin Miles (1868 - 1946)
1. I come to the garden alone, While the dew is still on the roses, And the voice I hear, Falling on my ear, The Son of God discloses.
CHORUS
2. He speaks, and the sound of His voice Is so sweet the birds hush their singing, And the melody That He gave to me, Within my heart is ringing.
CHORUS
3. I'd stay in the garden with Him Though the night around me be falling, But He bids me go; Through the voice of woe His voice to me is calling.
CHORUS
Chorus
And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own; And the joy we share as we tarry there. None other has ever known.
Special thanks to"Elvis Presley" for posting this video/song on "YouTube"
Special thanks to"happysun" for posting this video/song on "YouTube"
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