Prayer Garden
On October 17, 2008, Bethesda Christian Church dedicated a prayer garden in memory of Kristy Kaherl. We hope it will be a place where you can go to pray and find peace and hope.
Each element in the prayer garden was chosen with Kristy in mind. For example, the jagged rocks in the fountain remind us of a message she wrote about water. Here is an excerpt:
Download Kristy's entire message about water here.
View photos of the prayer garden:
Each element in the prayer garden was chosen with Kristy in mind. For example, the jagged rocks in the fountain remind us of a message she wrote about water. Here is an excerpt:
"The sound of water gives me peace. The use of water since the beginning of time by God shows us that water is essential for our existence. It is not the water that is used for drinking or the water used for cleansing or the water that provides danger that is so essential, but rather the living water of Jesus Christ that offers wholeness and peace in this world. Sometimes I think of myself as a jagged rock. While in Idaho last week we saw thousands of jagged rocks that had fallen or been blasted free from huge boulders. These rocks remain jagged unless they find their way into the mountain streams. Over time, these jagged rocks in the streams become less and less jagged. They actually become smooth and are known as river rocks. This process doesn’t happen quickly. It takes centuries for this process to smooth the rocks. This long process is like our life. We are jagged and rough with sharp edges that can cause hurt, rebelliousness, greed, anger or envy. But with God’s living water continually running over us we become smoother and less likely to have sharp edges. I am challenging you to examine yourself and see if you have any sharp edges that can be smoothed away with God’s living water. Living water that satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. The living water of Jesus offers wholeness and peace, it smoothes us and makes us concerned for the poor, the stranger and misfit. As you leave tonight, you have the opportunity to take a stone from the pile in the back. I hope you will put that stone on your desk, or your windowsill or in your pocket. When you see that smooth stone I hope it will remind you of God’s mercy and grace and his gift of living water that smooths us and shapes us into the kind of people God wants us to be."
Download Kristy's entire message about water here.
View photos of the prayer garden: