The Master Gardener from Heaven above
planted a seed in the Garden of Love.
And from it grew a rosebud small
that never had time to open at all.
For God in His perfect and all-wise way
chose this rose for His heavenly bouquet.
And great was the joy of this tiny rose
to be the one our Father chose
to leave earth's garden for one on high
where roses bloom and never die...
So, while we can't see our precious rose bloom,
We know the Great Gardener from the "Upper Room"
is watching and tending this wee rose with care,
tenderly touching each petal so fair...
We'll think of our darling with angels above
secure and content and surrounded by love.
And remember that God blessed and enriched
our lives too... for in dying our darling
brought Heaven closer to us.
