One beautiful day in June I met you,
alone with borrowed car and fluttered nerve,
trusting. Our God would keep and see me through.
I ate my lunch, watching your every chew,
and laughing. I saw also how you serve--
one beautiful day in June I met you.
We went to that marsh--then truly I knew,
though our brave path would not be without curve,
our gracious God would keep and see us through.
We sat on grass under the sky so blue,
and talked theology with no reserve,
that beautiful day in June I met you.
Those early moments when it was so new,
we carefully tried the other to observe.
That beautiful day in June I met you
knowing that God would keep and see us through.
We went on, we struggled, and so we grew.
The miles stretched far, the months much too long,
we thought. But God would keep and see us through.
One fine day in July we said "I do"--
and thus our partnership became lifelong.
We went on, we struggled, and so we grew.
So many days, we didn't have a clue.
We are sinners, prideful, selfish, headstrong.
Despite us, God would keep and see us through.
We looked in the mirror, in the Word too,
and have often found ourselves steeped in wrong;
we went on, we struggled, and so we grew.
Somewhere with grace it began to come true:
we two, as one, started to plod along--
We are seeing God keep and see us through.
With all those past years and struggles in view,
in grace our love is learning to be strong.
That beautiful day in June I met you,
and every day God has kept and seen us through.