Gentle Gardener Lyrics

O Spirit, you have searched me and you know me

You see every sorrow, hurt, and fear

They've grown up like weeds in our garden

Choking out the life through these hard years

You're holding out your hand as you invite me

To join you on this journey of my soul

Your gentle staff directs me as it tears down

The thorns preventing me from being whole

Even though the pruning will be painful

I choose trusting you with every part

Cause like a gentle gardener, you're tilling

And turning ash to beauty in my heart

You sow clarity where there was just confusion

Words of life, fresh wind upon your breath

You pour out your living water on this garden

And your grace to places buried deep in death

So I yield to the gardener

I trust your gentle hand

You're redeeming my story

And sowing new life deep within

You are catching all the foxes in the vineyard

As you clear new pathways through the burned-out wood

Where the trees that fell in all the desolation

Display new growth I never dreamed they could

So I yield to the gardener

I trust your gentle hand

You're redeeming my story

And sowing new life deep within

This my simple prayer to the gardener

Let the work we've done become an overflow

Let the life we've cultivated in this garden

Help other flowers grow