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The Garden
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Jul 15, 2026 updated
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Kari Jobe's song 'Ivy' is a worship ballad about finding hope and healing after a season of despair. The lyrics describe a person who had given up, desperate for a sign of kindness and peace. They then encounter a garden where hope arrives, sweeping away ashes and awakening them from sleep. The song emphasizes God's faithfulness, even in unseen ways, using the metaphor of ivy growing through a wall to illustrate how God stops at nothing to heal a broken soul. It speaks of faith rising, hope stirring, and love dispelling fear, ultimately pointing to redemption and resurrection seen in nature.
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I had all
But given up
Desperate for it
A sign from love
Something good
Something kind
Bringing peace to every corner of my mind
Then I saw the garden
Hope had come to me
To sweep away the ashes
And wake me from my sleep
I realized
You never left
And for this moment
You planned ahead
That I would see
Your faithfulness in all of the green
I can see the ivy
Growing through the wall
'Cause You will stop at nothing
To heal my broken soul
I can see the ivy
Reaching through the wall
'Cause You will stop at nothing
To heal my broken soul
Ohhh
Ohh, You're healing broken souls
Ohh, You're healing broken souls
Faith is rising up like ivy
Reaching for the light
Hope is stirring deep inside me
Making all things right
Love is lifting me from sorrow
Catching every tear
Dispelling every lie and torment
Crushing all my fears
You crush all my fears
You crush all my fears
With Your perfect love
Ohh-ohhh, with Your perfect love
Now I see redemption
Growing in the trees
The death and resurrection
In every single seed...