Over the years, your beard has become a little more grey, but I think that’s because of all the color you add to our world each and every year. Your wisdom, care, passion, and love inspire all of us to look and live more like Jesus.
Thank you for being our stronghold, for showing us grace when we’ve needed it, and for loving us through the hard moments. You have taught Jake and me to be men of honor, while teaching Beth and Abi never to settle for anything less than a loyal, loving man.
We see the fruit of your faith, character, and love in our lives today — in the men Jake and I are becoming, in the husbands Beth and Abi chose, and in the families now carrying your legacy forward.
I hope you have the best day at the BBQ, enjoy the U.S. Open, and get plenty of well-earned rest.
Your beard has gone to silver
A moonlit seam through time
But your heart still burns like sunrise
Quiet, brave, and kind
You taught us how to kneel with grace
And stand with steadfast fire
How to hold to faith in storms
And never lose desire
You showed us the way
In the simple, holy days
Not through perfect words
But the life your living raised
Oh, grey beard wisdom
Yeah, grey beard wisdom
You are our stronghold
When the nights grow cold
Grey beard wisdom
Yeah, grey beard wisdom
You make us bold
With a heart made gold
Jake and me, we learned
How to stand up tall
How to lead with love
And answer the call
Beth and Abi found
A love that will not fall
’Cause you showed them good men give their all
And now the fruit is rising
From the seeds you sowed
In every home we’re building
Your steady shadow glows
Oh, grey beard wisdom
Yeah, grey beard wisdom
You are our stronghold
When the nights grow cold
Grey beard wisdom
Yeah, grey beard wisdom
You make us bold
With a heart made gold
In the furnace of hard seasons
You held the line
With weathered hands
And Jesus in your eyes
You gave us more
Than words could ever say
A faith that walks beside us
And does not fade away
Now we carry it forward
In the lives we lead
In the love we give
And the homes we weave
From your table to our doorways
Your story still unfolds
A father’s love
Becomes the seed that holds
Oh, grey beard wisdom
Yeah, grey beard wisdom
You are our stronghold
When the nights grow cold
Grey beard wisdom
Yeah, grey beard wisdom
You make us bold
With a heart made gold
Your beard has gone to silver
A moonlit seam through time
But your heart still burns like sunrise
And it lives in mine