Lyrics
Verse 1
I've been wishing I've been waiting
I've been hoping I've been praying
That you're out there
Somewhere on this earth
Dear future wife
Someday I'll meet you face to face
But for tonight
I have some things I wanna say
Maybe you are feeling broken
But I know you're beautiful
And the God who loves us both
Is gonna make you whole
Chorus
I've been wishing I've been waiting
I've been hoping I've been praying
That you're out there
Somewhere on this earth
While you're waiting just for me
I'll do my best so I can be
The future husband
That my future wife deserves
Verse 2
Dear future wife
Gotta tell you I'm still working
On my life
I'm still trying, I'm still learning
This song is my confession
That I'm nowhere near perfection
But the God who loves us both
Is gonna make me whole
Chorus (Repeat)
Bridge
Dear future wife
On that day I finally see you
Dressed in white
I know that we will say
That all the waiting, was worth it
Cause that moment is so perfect
When the God who loves us both makes us whole
Chorus (Repeat)
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Dear Future Wife" is written before the relationship it describes has begun, a letter addressed to someone not yet met. Cade Thompson frames the wait as active rather than passive, tying personal growth and prayer to the hope of a future marriage rather than treating a future spouse as owed automatically.
The lyrics twice acknowledge imperfection on both sides, admitting brokenness in the one waiting and reassuring the one hoped for that neither needs to arrive complete. The refrain "the God who loves us both is gonna make us whole" places the relationship's healing outside either person, resting it instead on shared faith.
The song closes at a wedding, the long wait resolving into a single image of a bride dressed in white, framed as worth the waiting because of what happens along the way. Read as a wedding song, it treats courtship less as searching and more as preparation grounded in prayer.
Related Scripture
- Proverbs 18:22 The hopeful search for a future spouse reflects the proverb's picture of a wife as a good gift found rather than owed.