God has made a beautiful world with a wonderful plan for each of us. It is my hope that the stories and poems written in this book can do all the things they have been planned to do. May they minister the Love of God and a drawing by the Holy Spirit to come closer to the Lord Jesus Christ and to know him more intimately. Each poem has been written out of a trial or a growing process God has brought me through. Or just from being in his presence in the garden of my heart where unspeakable joy flows forth from God. There have been tremendous growing periods along the way and the poems within this book are my way of expressing the lessons and love we can all experience in our walk with the Lord. Remembering the old song that is so beautifully real. "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, 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" My prayer is for the love and message God has put in these poems will be a blessing to you. That they may bring the healing of our Father, the love and closeness to him with his tenderness and kindness. That we may all share in the unity of the faith and the intimacy of our Lord Jesus the Son of God in the deep places of our hearts and lives.