[Intro — spoken]
God, I don’t come to You
Pretending I’m a perfect man.
You know every scar I carry,
Every place I’ve barely stood again.
Then You put her in my path
When I wasn’t looking for a sign.
If You’ve trusted me to love her,
God, teach this heart of mine.
[Verse 1]
She walked into a house with history,
Into a life already scarred.
She loved the pieces still rebuilding,
Even when loving me got hard.
She’s held my hand through things she never caused,
Fought battles that were never hers.
And sometimes while she’s helping heal me,
I don’t see how much she hurts.
So when yesterday gets loud again,
Don’t let the woman next to me
Feel like she’s fighting what has been.
[Chorus — BIG]
God, teach me how to love her
When my strength isn’t enough.
Teach me how to hold her
Without holding on too rough.
When her light starts getting weaker,
Let me carry what I can.
When she needs a place to fall apart,
God, make me that man.
I don’t need a perfect lifetime,
I just need her hand in mine.
If she’s the woman You put beside me,
Keep my heart beside hers too.
God, make me the man
She deserves me to be.
[Verse 2]
She’s my Beauty to the Beast in me,
The calm inside my war.
She’s books and coffee in the morning,
And the reason I want more.
She’s laughter running through these rooms,
A new page underneath these scars.
I’ve tried to give her everything,
But things can’t give her what a heart can.
And if she’s standing in the shadow
Of the life I had before,
Help me show her she’s not filling someone’s place—
She’s the woman I choose evermore.
[Bridge — raw]
Father…
If I’ve made her feel like a guest
Inside the life we share,
Forgive me.
If she’s cried behind a smile
Because she thought I couldn’t bear
One more thing…
Forgive me.
She doesn’t have to carry ghosts
That she never got to know.
She doesn’t have to fight my past
To prove she won’t let go.
She is not a replacement.
She is not yesterday.
She is the woman standing here today—
And God, I choose her.
[Final Chorus]
God, teach me how to love her
When my strength isn’t enough.
When her light starts getting weaker,
Let me carry what I can.
When she needs a place to fall apart,
God, make me that man.
Make this house our home.
Give us something ours and new.
I can’t erase the road behind me,
But I can walk this one with you.
[Outro — prayer]
Father…
When I forget, remind me.
When I get lost, guide me.
When she gets tired, strengthen me.
When she feels alone, open my eyes.
Protect her heart.
Protect this love.
Protect this family.
While You give me breath,
And her hand to hold—
I will love her.
I will honor her.
I will choose her.
Because loving her
is a promise I make before You.
Amen.
KohnHead
