Nourish My Love for You

Nourish my love for you.

Keep my heart in mind.

Stay your thoughts pure and true.

May you heart be gentle and kind.

Nourish my love for you.

Woo my heart with song.

It's me your heart pursues

And my love is more than long.

Nourish my love for you.

Feed me words of true love.

Give me sign or clue

That you love me, my Dove.

Nourish my love for you.

Cause my heart no pain.

For if this heart is blue,

It may never stop the rain.

Nourish my love for you.

Behold my heart and see.

Your love for God renew

That you may continue with me.

-Lisa Ely

Forward

Soften now, hard times
And be gone, thou past.
Let today be grief's last.
Be ever dry, river of tears.
Diminish now, pain that was begotten.
Awaken, thou happiness that was forgotten.
Evict Hell from all my soul.
Stamp out, thou fiery trials.
Die and bury all that defiles.
Come now, happiness.
Run to, thou praise
And remain worship, all my days.
Multiply, good tree
That in past was bare.
Flower and fruit that i may share.
Behold, now peace,
Comfort and thanksgiving
And receive gratitude for all living.
Pleasure; go to visit my Father's smile.
Holy pride, come forth from God above.
Embrace comfort, joy and love.

-Lisa Ely

Restoration

Go away bad thoughts.

Melt away pain.

I long to see thee no more again.

Hinder me no more, my fears.

Dry up, river of dreaded tears.

Die thou pain, from prior years.

Show thy face no more, i pray.

Bruise my heart no more this day.

Rise now, my spirit from chambers down deep.

Awaken thou Courage from where you sleep.

Be lifted up now my broken heart.

Let not His Holy Spirit depart.

Wallow not Self, in pity and sorrow.

For this day may be the last tomorrow.

Be still now Panic, and return to hell.

Now, i lift up myself from where i fell.

May the Wicked trouble me no more.

I pray my Lord, restore, restore.

-Lisa Ely

To my Love of 17 Years

Is it a color,
Feeling its way thru me?
I cannot tell what hue.
All I know is it feels so lovely,
Like my heart feels with you.
What music could be written
That would have a sound
As beautiful as the voice 
Of the Love i found?
Sometimes there are no words dealt
That can explain the way your kiss felt.
I sigh with love as colors fly right thru,
And can never sleep lest next to you.  

-Lisa Ely  <3

Welcome
(this is me, welcoming the grief in my life from time to time)

Let me brace for the pain
Let the tears come
See my hearts new stain
Hurt and sadness? There is some
For this is where strength begins
I will cry so long
Through my highs and lows, my outs and ins
May God hear my sad song
My heart, Lord, it is breaking
Better to do your work now
My heart Lord, is aching
But you will mend it somehow
Where is my trust, a rock so steady?
Broken into bits
Lord, now my heart is ready
High the Lord sits
And lower i lay
On His high and exalted throne
Looking down on me this day
All on my own
I seem to be
With these tears i have sown
I will reap victory

-  Lisa Ely

My Heart is a Garden

My heart is a garden
Where Jesus and i walk
We ponder the meaning of each flower
We listen and we talk
Some flowers were planted years before
And some flowers are new and rare
Some flowers need hardly anything
But others need much care
My mother planted love and prayer
And they multiplied into compassion
Others planted patience and values some call old fashion
Jesus waters them all, the old and new
I am ready to work when He calls
Even when the sky isn't blue
Envy, pride and weeds like those
Are pulled out by the root
We plant self-discipline and
Whatever Jesus says will suit
This garden needs us daily
It is in God's safekeeping
My heart is a garden
It is watered by my weeping

- Lisa Ely

This is My Prayer

( a prayer for myself )

Lord, let your word be my bread,

And your spirit, my water.

Let your arms be my bed.

Let your words be my thoughts.

Let your peace be my comfort,

And may your song be my joy.

Let all lies be as silent as the breeze,

And may your words be as thunder

To my ears and heart.

And now, let me rest and glow with 

The power of His love,

That shines on me like sunlight.

I will bathe in His fountain,

And i will be clean.

For He is my God and His son is my King.

In Christ's Name,

Amen.

- Lisa Ely