Lessons from the garden with Garner

09/12/2026

Happy Sabbath.

On September 11, 2001, our world changed when terrorist attacked the World Trade Center, Twin Towers in New York City, with commercial airlines full of passengers. Since then, air travel has not been the same. Most people, cannot remember a time when they did not have to remove their belts, take off their shoes, and walk through metal detectors before boarding an airplane.

Sin is humanity's 9/11. It occurred when Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s instructions, when the terrorist Satan tempted them and they ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Before sin, there was a time when mankind walked and talked with God, face to face. Just like airline travel prior to 9/11, we had full access to God. No restrictions and no security checks. God walked, talked, and communed with us.

Isaiah 66:23, tells us about a soon coming day, when God will restore everything we lost because of sin. '"And it shall come to pass that from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord.'

The Seventh-day Sabbath rest is one of the ways we can be restored, get a taste of what communion with God feels like, and also what God intended His relationship with mankind would be like, from Creation. By resting, trusting, and deepening our relationship with God, we are transported to a place of peace, love, and rest.

Join me this Sabbath day, as we rise above the sin-covered 9/11 style disaster that each day of the week presents in our current condition and world. Let's get a pre-taste of what lies ahead, when "All flesh shall come to worship" our amazing Creator. God is looking forward to spending time with you every week on His designated day, His Seventh-day Sabbath.

Garner
Lessons from the garden

07/01/2026

Happy Canada 🇨🇦 Day.

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06/20/2026

Happy Sabbath.

Summer is finally here, the canopy of leaves 🍃 has fully crowned 👑 each tree 🌳 that had lost its leaves 🍃 in the fall.
The canopy is the uppermost, spreading layer formed by the crowns of mature trees.

The canopy is more than green leaves. It intercepts the majority of sunlight and precipitation. The canopy creates a home for Earth's 🌎 biodiversity. It is the home 🏡 for a large variety of creatures, birds 🐦, insects, and other microorganisms.

The Bible tells us in Galatians 4:4-5, "But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons."

God sent Jesus to be our canopy. Jesus was born under the law and became the trunk that holds us up. Jesus provided the canopy where the love ❤️ of God can be captured and photosynthesis into Salvation, by His death on the cross ✝️ of Calvary.

Because Jesus Redeemed us "who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons," our only response, is a heart ❤️ of love ❤️ and obedience 🙏.

One way to show our appreciation and obedience for our adoption and the canopy Jesus provides, is to remember that Jesus is the Creator and also the Lord of the Sabbath.

So join me on this Seventh-day Sabbath, as we nestle in the canopy of His Sabbath rest. Let us spend the twenty-four-hour Sabbath rest, sunset 🌅 to sunset 🌇, in appreciation and obedience, of the love ❤️ that extended the adoption to be sons and daughters of the Creator of the universe.

Have a Blessed day.

Garner
Lessons from the garden

06/06/2026

Happy Sabbath.

Spring is almost done. As we begin the month of June, the last of the late spring flowers 💐 are coming into their beautiful bloom. One of those late bloomers, is the White Wisteria. The White Wisteria is a breathtaking, vigorous deciduous vine prized for its cascades of intensely fragrant, grape-like clusters of white pea-like flowers.

Despite it's white colour, that you may dismiss the as plain and simple, there is a beauty that draws you to admire it. It's beautiful fragrance envelopes the air and creates a sense of relaxation and peace.

Exodus 18:23, tells us, "If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their place in peace.”

God's Commandments are like a cluster of white Wisteria flowers, with it's simple beautiful and wonderful fragrance. God intended His Commandments to draw us into a loving ❤️ relationship with Him and a loving ❤️ relationship with our fellow man.

The Seventh-day Sabbath, brings a wonderful fragrance when we come together ❤️ in worship and adoration ❤️ of our loving Creator. There is a peace that God provides, when we obey His Commandment to keep His Seventh-day Sabbath Holy, rest and worship in Remembrance of His wonderful work of creation.

Join me this Sabbath day and we enjoy the peace that obedience brings, as we inhale the wondrous fragrance that only His Holy Seventh-day Sabbath offers.

Have a Blessed day.

Garner
Lessons from the garden

05/30/2026

Happy Sabbath. God is the Fountain of Living water 💧.

05/30/2026

Happy Sabbath.

As the weather warms up in spring, cities turn on their outdoor water fountains, after the long cold 🧊 winter. Outdoor water fountains⛲️ have dated back to 3000 BCE in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Water fountains ⛲️ are not just beautiful because of the wonderful sounds, and magical reflections as they flow and splash in the sunlight. The constant movement of the flowing water 💧 prevents stagnation, which discourages algae and bacteria from taking hold, while adding oxygen to improve water quality, making water💧fountains⛲️beautiful.

God points out in Jeremiah 2:13, “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the Fountain of Living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water."

God refers to Himself as the Fountain ⛲️ of Living water💧. Jesus, also called Himself, the Living water💧. God then says, we have made for ourselves cisterns - jars or tanks to store or carry the water💧but the jars or tanks we have made are broken and can not hold any water💧.

Is it possible that, we have committed the same two evils, when it comes to the Sabbath? When we choose to worship on Sunday instead of the Seventh-day that God Blessed 🙌 and Santified for rest. The second is the fact that by choosing to worship 🙌 on Sunday, we are refusing to remember and recognize that God is the Creator of this world 🌎.

The same God who created the world 🌎, is the same God who asked us to rest and remember the Seventh-day Sabbath. God wants us to experience Him, the Fountain ⛲️ of the Living water💧. God wants us to come and fill our lives with Living water 💧, that flows from Him, only.

Join me this Seventh-day Sabbath as we waddle, in the Living water💧, that only the Creator can provide. Let us gather at the Fountain ⛲️ of Living water💧as we taste and see that the Lord is good.

Have a Blessed day.

Garner
Lessons from the garden

05/09/2026

05/09/2026

Happy Sabbath.

If you read my Happy Sabbath Posters, you know, Spring is my favorite time of the year. Spring brings hope, new growth and new life. I feel so inspired by the miracle of things transforming and starting to bloom. I can not help but be thankful to a loving ❤️ Creator and Heavenly Father for His loving ❤️ Grace and Mercies.

This week's poster is of my neighbours tree 🌳 in full bloom. At the right angle, there are two evergreen 🌲 trees in the middle of the tree 🌳 in full bloom. It got me thinking 🤔 isn't that just like God's love 💕? His two Commandments are wrapped in His love 💕, just like those two evergreen🌲trees are surrounded by the tree in bloom.

Jesus illustrated that in Matthew 22:37-40, Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Love ❤️ to God and love ❤️ to man. That is the basis of the Ten Commandments. Not legalism or works. It's LOVE ❤️! The fifth Commandment reminds us to honour our Parents. The last five Commandments are what not to do, if we want to show love to our fellow man.

The first four Commandments directly tell us, how to love God. Yes, love ❤️ God! God desires a response to the love ❤️ He has demonstrated and shown us, as Creator, Saviour, and friend. The fourth Commandment Reminds us to REMEMBER the Seventh-day Sabbath because God rested after creating the earth 🌎 in six days. By resting on the Seventh-day Sabbath, you recognize and pay tribute to God, by spending time with the one the Created you.

Join me this Sabbath as we show LOVE ❤️ to our Creator, Saviour and Friend, by Resting, Spending time, Worshipping and Recognizing Him for Who He is and What He has done. Show some love ❤️ to God today.

Have a Blessed day.

Garner
Lessons from the garden

04/18/2026

Happy Sabbath

On December 25, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope 🔭 (JWST), was launched. It's purpose was to look at light coming from the origins of space and time. Scientists were looking for evidence to prove their Big Bang Theory.

The idea was to collect light at the point of the spark that started universe💫. As the James Webb Space Telescope 🔭 collected light and started sending back photographs, Scientists and Astronauts were surprised and amazed.

Their Big Bang theory had predicted that the universe would be extremely hot🔥and would not have cool down enough to form galaxies.

What scientists saw, forced them to re-evaluate their Big Bang Theory. The further the James Webb Space Telescope 🔭 looked back into the universe, the scientists saw well-formed galaxies. Galaxies made up of complex stars✨️, and planets 💫, those should not have existed at the moment of the Big Bang.

The Bible tells use that in Genesis 1:3, "Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light." Isaiah 37:16 tells us, "You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth."

God is the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth 🌎. He Created and Called the universe into existence. All the light that the James Webb Space Telescope 🔭 is collecting was created by Him.

Nothing existed before God created them. God Planned, Designed and Created the Earth 🌎, the moons🌙, suns☀️ and the stars ✨️. Nothing that exist, exist without God. God Created everything, visible or invisible.

Please join me this Seventh-day Sabbath as we rest in Obedience of our Loving ❤️, Creative ❤️, and Awesome ❤️ Creator who designed and made the Heavens and the Earth 🌎 and asked us to Remember, Rest and Reverence the Sabbath because He rested from all He created and made.

Have a Blessed day.

Garner
Lessons from the garden

04/03/2026

If Christ did not rise - Would you STILL be a disciple?

New Lessons from the garden with Garner video Primer Good Friday, April 3, 2026 at 6 am.

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