Ripples (80s Version)

Ooh, ooh, yeah When I was young, thought I was growin' up But lookin' back, I was just showin' up Daydreams driftin' through a classroom pane Skipped those lessons to play video games Never really pushed too hard Grades just ink on a report card Didn't make it all the way to uni But every step was shapin' the new me Sometimes I wonder how the choices we make Shape our lives through what look like mistakes You drop your toothbrush but miss that bite Stub your toe but dodge that flight Life's like a stone skimmin' a lake He works wonders using all our mistakes We don't see the time His ripples take But God keeps rollin' wave after wave, hey And when you feel that your spirit might break It's just the weight of the choices we make Made it to twenty-three somehow Met a gorgeous girl on my old PC now Some guy thought she wasn't enough But that spark lit the start of us Seventeen years of love and vows Amazing how He brought us now Every crossroad, every turn Led me to the one I'd learn Was the treasure I was meant to take A journey only I could make Not just a girl, also a son And he's become my only one My perfect team, my heart's own creed A man's poor choice, a planted seed Turned into blessings meant for me God's great ripples shaping destiny Sometimes I wonder how the choices we make Shape our lives through what look like mistakes You drop your toothbrush but miss that bite Stub your toe but dodge that flight Life's like a stone skimmin' a lake He works wonders using all our mistakes We don't see the time His ripples take But God keeps rollin' wave after wave, right away And when you feel that your spirit might break It's just the weight of the choices we make Life felt golden, bright like Heaven 'Til one hot June in 2007 A call at work, she's not doin' good "Should I come home?" "Yeah, I think you should" Five long weeks by a hospital bed Storms of chaos in her head They say each cloud has a silver linin' But some take years of patient findin' Through struggles, heartbreaks, tears we face We learn to love, faith and grace Every trial in its own place Another ripple in His embrace Sometimes I wonder how the choices we make Shape our lives through what look like mistakes (Oh) You drop your toothbrush but miss that bite Stub your toe but dodge that flight Life's like a stone skimmin' a lake (Oh) He works wonders using all our mistakes (Using all of our mistakes) We don't see the time His ripples take But God keeps rollin' wave after wave, hey And when you feel that your spirit might break It's just the weight of the choices we make Ripples spread like waves through time When they meet, whole worlds align Things we chose so long ago Shift the scenes in this picture show Take what comes and trust His greatness Good or bad, it grows and shapes us A pause step can rewrite your story Shield your life or bring you glory Each ripple sent with mercy and grace Guiding you to your rightful place Sometimes I wonder how the choices we make (Yeah) Shape our lives through what look like mistakes Dropped the keys and got there late Met the one in the Lyft you take Lost the job but changed your life One wrong turn to a husband or wife, wife Life's like a stone skimmin' a lake (Yeah) He works wonders using all our mistakes We don't see the time His ripples take But God keeps rollin' wave after wave As I sit here on this comfy couch Two big dogs in our little house Every choice, be it wrong or right Led me here to this perfect night There's nowhere else I'd rather be Than with my love and family If you're happy where you are in life Thank those ripples He's done you right Sometimes I wonder how the choices we make (Yeah) Sometimes I wonder how the choices we make (Yeah)