Garden In My Soul

The Lord planted a garden in my soul

With the most beautiful plants, I did not know

He said, “Water your garden with the Holy Spirit

And watch your garden grow.

Day after day I forgot about my garden

Lived by my own will without the Holy Spirit

Little did I know weeds of ugliness started to grow.

I was living my life on shaky ground

My garden started to disappear and

could not be found.

I said, “one day I will find the Lords

Garden He planted in my soul”.

And lived my life on my own.

No matter what I did nothing seemed right,

the harder I tried I wanted to fight, to do my

own thing but my life had no light.

Then one day when I got to the

‘end of my rope”,

Something lit up in my heart,

a ray of hope!

I was cleaning the clutter out of my life,

and came across a book.

The Lord said,” Let’s start here where we grew apart”.

I had found my companion of years past.

It felt like I was home at last!

As I started to read a shining light came to mind.

There was something I needed to find.

My hands flew to my heart and I

dropped to my knees.

I knew that it was the Lord’s garden He planted

In my soul covered with weeds.

I asked,” Lord what should I do”?

He said,” Child confess your sins and become new”!

So I confessed my sins and prayed with all my heart.

The Lord took my hand and said,” You do not have to do this alone”.

“ Take my hand and I will lead you home”.

I took the Lord’s hand and we walked into my garden.

I asked,” Where should we start”?

The Lord said,” Let’s start here where we grew apart”.

The Lord and I started to pull the weeds from the garden of my soul.

I watched as my life became full of light.

I knew right then I did not have to fight.

For I had the Lord right by my side.