The Author Holds the Pen

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Back in the summer of '72, Airstream by the water, skies of blue, Water skiing, young and free, A girl a year ahead of me. But the timing wasn't ours to keep, The Author had a longer story to write. [Chorus] Who are we to question The Author who holds the pen, Writing out our story, We're just the ink in His hand. God was in our yesterday, He's here in today, And He's already in tomorrow, waiting. [Verse 2] Fifty years of living came and went, I walked through a storm I never meant, Lost and hurting, worn and dim, Not knowing where my road would end. Then He crossed our paths again in twenty-one, Two hearts that thought their chapters were done. [Chorus] Who are we to question The Author who holds the pen, Writing out our story, We're just the ink in His hand. God was in our yesterday, He's here in today, And He's already in tomorrow, waiting. [Bridge] Ruth, you found me broken, showed me light, A future I could not have planned in sight. We call ourselves God's little surprise — And oh, that Ruth Etta smile. [Verse 3] We were never strangers, that much is true, Just years of life to catch up to each other. No matter what I'm walking through, You brighten every day I do. Five years now, and every dawn's brand new, A grateful heart still learning how to love with you. [Chorus] Who are we to question The Author who holds the pen, Writing out our story, We're just the ink in His hand. God was in our yesterday, He's here in today, And He's already in tomorrow, waiting. [Outro] So here's to new beginnings, Ruth, my friend, The ink still flowing, story without end.