rachel's garden

Rachel's Garden, located in Resurrection Cemetery, is dedicated to reflection. One enters the garden along a prayer path with scriptural readings leading to an image of the risen Lord.

The one shown reads, "I am wearied with sighing: every night I flood my bed with weeping, I drench my couch with tears." Psalm 67.

South of Watson on Mackenzie, first right into Resurrection Cemetery, stay to the left as much as possible. Link to map.

1. Accept the Reality of the Loss
For all about me are evils beyond reckoning, my sins overcome me that I cannot see, and my heart fails me. Psalm 40.13 (NAB)

2. Experience the Pain
I am wearied with sighing: every night I flood my bed with weeping; I drench my couch with my tears. Psalm 6.7 (NAB)

3. Adjust to the Environment, Without the Deceased
Look toward me, and have pity on me, for I am alone and afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my heart, bring me out of distress. Psalm 25.16-17 (NAB)

4. Reinvest the Energy from Grief...
My God, I cried out to you and you healed me. At nightfall, weeping enters in, but with the dawn, rejoicing. Psalm 30.3,6 (NAB)

5. Final
I am the resurrection and the life: whoever believes in me, though he should die, will come to life; and whoever is alive and believes in me will never die. John 11.26 (NAB)

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