I’m gonna build myself a garden
filled with marigolds and roses
oh, to run in green pastures
and hay meadows golden.
there may come fear and hurting
but let it be that it all flows freely
in the rivers that keep this garden growing.
tears that stain and sting but later on made
the flowers oh, so sweet
the brightest colors rise from the dirt.
I’ll lay in these grass fields
and gaze up in wonder at the stars
while I inhale the aroma of the earth
beneath my pounding heart.
tears are the rains that flood the grounds
and reap beautiful things.
sunshine on my skin that warms my soul
and reminds it there is still more coming
it gives peace and reassurance
through unknown and painful things.
gonna have trees to climb with branches up high
rooted safe and strong in the ground
if i should slip and fall
I pray you’d catch me, don’t let me stay down.
give me the strength to let go
to surrender and let it be
please show me this hope and this peace
cut these ropes that hold me captive, set my soul free.
you just watch
you’ll wait and see
one day these seeds will sprout
and flourish from the scars of the ground.
let go of this ego
and their standards of living
planting seeds every place that I go
shifting things in this big world.
watch this garden grow
reaping beautiful things that
were sown from sorrow.
uprooting trees that have fallen long ago
blocking paths into new things unknown.
slowly watering and reviving
the flowers of my past that have wilted
and ripping away the thorns that once overtook them.
I’ll live something different from
anything ever seen
sharing the pure joy and love
of the One who walks these paths with me.
I will flourish and thrive
blossom and grow in every aspect of this life
complete enjoyment with peaceful sighs.
hear the beautiful song this garden of mine sings
that has risen from the ashes
of love, and broken things.
my life is a garden.
Sunshine & Rain 
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