She Stumbled

Verse

Dear Lord, tonight I’m down here on my knees

Thinking back on 1989 and all the memories

You put me in that art class with a charcoal stick in hand

Next to a Vegas girl, the finest in the land

She was the Apple Blossom Princess, I was just a shy unknown

Thinking she didn't see me, feeling all alone

She thought I was a married creep, scared to make a move

But You had a plan, Lord, that we were bound to prove.

Chorus

And I thank You that she stumbled, so I could fall

She tripped on the snow, but I heard the call

She had a bad knee and a list of what she wanted in a man

But she left that list behind when she took my trembling hand

Yeah, she stumbled, Lord, she lost her ground

But that’s exactly how this love was found

She stumbled, and I fell.

Verse

I remember the popcorn and the veggies on the plate

She showed up with cookies, sealing up our fate

We sat there sharing black licorice ice cream—a distinct taste

I thank You for the other John, for the time he let go to waste

He was a distraction, Lord, a boy who didn't see

That You were saving this angel just for me

She sat on my lap, waiting to be convinced

I kissed her three times, and I haven't stopped since.

Bridge

From the Seattle Temple rain on the 12th of May

To the hospital room where she had to stay

Five surgeries, Lord, You watched her bear the pain

Learning to walk, finding sunshine in the rain

She asks me, "Do you love me still?" looking in my eyes

But "still" ain't the word for a love that never dies.

Verse

I told her, "Honey, I don't love you *still*... I love you *more*."

More than the day we walked through that temple door

Love is the sum of the suffering and the grace

It’s the lines of character upon her beautiful face

Now we watch the grand-babies, little waves upon the shore

Thank you, God, that I get to love her more.

Outro

My Bevylove... my eternal friend

I’ll thank You for her until the very end

Yeah, she stumbled...

And I fell.

Amen.