[Verse 1]
He carried every soul beneath his roof like a promise made to God
He stood between the storm and the ones he loved, a quiet lightning rod
His hands knew how to hold a family steady without making noise
A man whose deepest convictions lived inside his everyday joys
He walked in faithfulness the way some men walk into glory
And every life he touched became a chapter of that story

[PreChorus]
The mercy that he poured out never emptied what was in him
His heart stayed full of Jesus, and the river kept on brimming

[Chorus]
Jackie, you were built from something deeper than the ground
A gentle giant carrying a kingdom in his sound
Jackie, the love you gave took root and grew up tall and wide
Heaven knows your name, and so does everyone inside

[Verse 2]
He loved her with the kind of love that doesn't deal in surface things
All or nothing, root and bone, the kind that grows in suffering
He showed up every ordinary Tuesday like a sacred vow
His devotion was the sermon, and the whole world took a bow
Now the chair beside him holds a quiet he still feels at night
But the God he trusts says hold on, son — she's keeping on your light

[PreChorus]
He's grieved the way a man grieves when the home inside him echoes
But grief that deep is only love that hasn't found its meadow

[Chorus]
Jackie, your sorrow is a testament to all you gave
The one you miss is resting where no love is ever late
Jackie, she stepped into a glory you'll be walking to
And every prayer you pray tonight is building that road through

[Verse 3]
He never needed crowds to validate the good he'd done
He tended to his flock the way a farmer tends his son
A man whose gentle strength made room for everybody else
Who put his own need at the bottom of a crowded shelf
But the witness of his life is still unfolding, still in motion
His children's children carry forward all that pure devotion

[PreChorus]
The sun and feeling rose in him together, never parted
He saw the world with open eyes and gave it open-hearted

[Chorus]
Jackie, there's a reunion waiting past the river's bend
The love you lost is not a memory — it's just ahead
Jackie, you're the rock this family still builds its table on
And heaven's keeping every tear you've cried until you're home

[Bridge]
He served the Lord not from the pulpit but the supper table
He gave his name to those who needed proof that love was stable
His mercy wasn't borrowed — it was bread he learned to bake
And everything he planted here still grows long past heartache

[Outro]
Jackie, hold on, hold on — the reunion isn't far
She's standing in that light that knows exactly who you are